Maaria
Maaria is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Maaria
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maaria is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Maaria
Maaria first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1998, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 6 Maarias were born — ranking #15,491 that year. As of 2026, Maaria ranks #14,962 for baby girls with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 29 Maarias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Maaria
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About the name Maaria
Maaria is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 29 births in the dataset. Maaria's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #15,491. Use the chart and map above to compare Maaria's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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