Over the past 110 years, 538 061 girls and 2 730 boys have been named Maria. The name Maria ranks 52th in the United States among the most common names for girls. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Maria in 1910. The peak of popularity of the name Maria came in the 1960s and 1970s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.