Is Maris a boy or girl name?

Maris is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 2,903 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 92.0% were girls and 8.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1986, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Maris

Recorded 1912–2025 · United States

Maris was most popular in 2020, when 68 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,453 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,745, with 48 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,903 people named Maris.

Maris over time

Births per year. The dot marks Maris’s peak in 2020. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Maris a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Maris is mostly a girl’s name — 92.0% of the 2,903 Americans given it were girls and 8.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1986 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 97% girls and 3% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Maris

Where Maris is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org