girls:
17.8k births since 1883
#1108 (81st percentile)
overall:
17.8k births since 1883
#1929 (75th percentile)
The name Marianna is the #1,929 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 17,816 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 75.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,108 (80.6% percentile) for all time with 17,816 births since 1883.
Marianna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (first recorded for girls in 1883). Birth data for Marianna is available in 135 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Marianna reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 40.1% percentile (ranked #579) with 200 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 200 births per million (ranked 40.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marianna ranks #657 for girls (30.7% percentile) with 173 births per million, which is 86.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marianna".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Marianna", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Mariana" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Mariana..
Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Marianna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.6% confident that Marianna is pronounced as MEH-ree-A-nuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is meh-ree-A-nuh, at 18.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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