girls:
1.1k births since 1961
#4580 (20th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1961
#6603 (15th percentile)
The name Mariza is the #6,603 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,136 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 14.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,580 (19.8% percentile) for all time with 1,136 births since 1961.
Mariza first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Mariza is available in 55 out of the 63 years between 1961 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, Mariza reached its peak popularity in 2005, achieving the 4.5% percentile (ranked #897) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 2005, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Mariza ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 17.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mariza".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Mariza. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Mariza is pronounced as muh-REE-zuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-REE-zuh, at 39.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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