Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mariya isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mariya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,639
- 0 boys · 2,639 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 142 babies
- 2025
- 38
- #3,879 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 38 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,879 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 22.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 142 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 7,885 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mariya’s family of names
Mariya may belong to the same name family as MARIYYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mariya
- Maria SharapovaRussian tennis playerborn 1987
- Maria ZakharovaRussian foreign ministry spokesperson since 2015born 1975
- Maria KirilenkoRussian female tennis playerborn 1987
- Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of RussiaGrand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918); third daughter of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse)
- Marie BashkirtseffUkrainian-French artist1860–1884
- Maria FeodorovnaRussian dowager empress, wife of Paul I (1759-1828)
- Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of RussiaDuchess consort of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1853–1920); sixth child and second daughter of Alexander II of Russia and Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse)
- Mariya LasitskeneRussian high jumperborn 1993
- Maria Lvova-BelovaRussian politicianborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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