girls:
2.6k births since 1970
#3411 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1970
#5277 (32nd percentile)
The name Mariya is the #5,277 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,572 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 31.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,411 (40.3% percentile) for all time with 2,572 births since 1970.
Mariya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for girls in 1970). Birth data for Mariya is available in 51 out of the 54 years between 1970 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, Mariya reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 14.3% percentile (ranked #822) with 70 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 70 births per million (ranked 14.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2011, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mariya ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 38.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mariya".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Mariya", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 23 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Maria" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Maria..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Mariya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 35.0% confident that Mariya is pronounced as muh-REE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-ree-uh, at 20.0% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like M AH0 R IY1 AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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