Marya
Recorded 1909–2025 · United States
Marya was most popular in 1971, when 49 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,849 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,831, with 16 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,211 people named Marya.
Marya over time
How old is the name Marya?
Marya first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1909, which makes it about 116 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 104 of the 117 years since.
How many people are named Marya?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,211 American births named Marya between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,956 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Marya in 2025?
16 American babies were named Marya in 2025, ranking #11,831 that year.
Is Marya getting more or less popular?
Marya is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 14 births a year, against 22 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -35% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Marya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Marya is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 2,211 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.
How old is someone named Marya?
Roughly 1,956 Americans named Marya are alive today — 89% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 44 years old, and half are between 25 and 58. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Marya 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