Girls' name · peaked in 1957
Mari name popularity since 1925
16,425 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Mari. Half of them were born in 1972 or earlier, so the typical Mari is about 54 years old in 2026. Mari peaked in 1957 as the #467 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,425
- Named Mari, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,620 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.6% girls
- 16,359 girls · 66 boys
- Most popular in
- Minnesota
- 2.48× its national share
Peak year is the year Mari made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Mari births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Mari both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1949 and 1954, Mari became 2× more common, from 1 in 10,500 baby girls to 1 in 5,380.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Mari's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Mari.
Decade by decade
Babies named Mari in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 105 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 327 | 0 | #1,253 |
| 1940s | 1,014 | 0 | #797 |
| 1950s | 3,175 | 0 | #494 |
| 1960s | 2,990 | 0 | #546 |
| 1970s | 1,732 | 0 | #874 |
| 1980s | 1,817 | 0 | #956 |
| 1990s | 1,759 | 0 | #1,000 |
| 2000s | 1,506 | 5 | #1,412 |
| 2010s | 1,123 | 17 | #2,185 |
| 2020–25 | 811 | 44 | #1,620 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
33.2% of babies named Mari from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Mari is most popular
The index compares Mari's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Mari.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 2.48× | 509 |
| Washington | 2.42× | 454 |
| Illinois | 1.94× | 1,066 |
| California | 1.92× | 2,289 |
| Wisconsin | 1.88× | 417 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Mari and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Mari (this page) | 16,359 | 1957 |
| Mary | 2,916,223 | 1880 |
| Marie | 316,313 | 1899 |
| Marry | 1,278 | 1904 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Mari's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Mari.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Mari (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data