MARIA is ranked as the 18th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,711,118.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 536.64 people named MARIA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MARIA is 463,623.
The SSA data also shows that MARIA is used as a girl's name 99% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MARIA is
26.3% White,
66.7% Hispanic origin,
2.8% Black,
2.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.0% Two or More Races,
and 0.4% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MARIA have a higher likelyhood of being Hispanic origin and a lower likelyhood of being White.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MARIA is included in the following name categories:
German Common surname
Common Danish feminine given name - DST Data
Galician feminine given name
Russian feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Norwegian feminine given name - SSB Data
Italian feminine given name
Hungarian feminine given name
Finnish Common feminine given name
Portuguese feminine given name
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Greek Old and New Testament surname
Romanian feminine given name
Spanish feminine given name
Pakistani feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
Polish feminine given name
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MARIA
The state with the most people named
MARIA is
California where
514,594 people have this name.
California is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MARIA, as
1326.19 in every 100,000
Californians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
California is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
North Dakota
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MARIA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
57,014
442.63
99.9%
Indiana
10,072
152.68
99.5%
Iowa
3,517
113.19
99.2%
Kansas
5,246
180.65
99.2%
Michigan
18,307
184.73
99.8%
Minnesota
7,023
128.69
99.6%
Missouri
2,087
69.72
98.5%
Nebraska
2,891
153.65
98.8%
North Dakota
273
36.97
91.4%
Ohio
12,433
107.23
99.5%
South Dakota
460
53.9
93.8%
Wisconsin
9,133
158.63
99.6%
West States
State stats for the first name MARIA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
1,131
153.5
97.3%
Arizona
48,099
714.54
100.0%
California
514,594
1326.19
100.0%
Colorado
17,079
318.88
99.8%
Hawaii
3,077
216.72
99.7%
Idaho
3,287
201.11
99.1%
Montana
604
59.01
95.3%
Nevada
25,524
899.01
100.0%
New Mexico
12,017
576.18
99.9%
Oregon
9,374
236.1
99.6%
Utah
7,859
267.06
99.5%
Washington
20,481
290.04
99.9%
Wyoming
625
106.95
95.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MARIA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MARIA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MARIA.
The most popular full name is MARIA Garcia.
1.88% of all the people named MARIA
have this family name.
There are 58959 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MARIA