girls:
2.6k births since 1912
#3405 (40th percentile)
boys:
232 births since 1915
#4354 (5th percentile)
overall:
2.8k births since 1912
#5096 (34th percentile)
The name Maris is the #5,096 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,810 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 34.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,405 (40.4% percentile) for all time with 2,578 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,354 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 232 births since 1915.
Maris first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (1912 for girls and 1915 for boys). Birth data for Maris is available in 107 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (103 years for girls and 32 years for boys). 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.
The name Maris has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 91.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Maris reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 6.2% percentile (ranked #882) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Maris ranks #907 for girls (4.2% percentile) with 26 births per million, which is 72.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Maris reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #649) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 10 births per million (ranked 2.6% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maris".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Maris. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.0% confident that Maris is pronounced as MEH-rihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-rihs, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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