Mari

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mari: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mari: Recorded every year since 1945, it reached #11 in 1989, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
113times a registrar ranked it
81years from first to last
#11highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for
21names it appears alongside

What stands out in Mari's record

Ranked every year since 1945, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 53 years running. Names by top-100 run
Appears alongside 21 other names across 5 kinds of recorded relationship. All recorded relationships
Shares a published list with another name across 81 years. Longest shared records

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#944
1997	#820
1998	#817
1999	#816
2000	#728
2001	#1063
2002	#1104
2003	#742
2004	#1158
2005	#824
2006	#717
2007	#742
2008	#859
2009	#850
2010	#1093
2011	#989
2012	#1130
2013	#999
2014	#1177
2015	#1088
2016	#1031
2017	#1043
2018	#1234
2019	#1153
2020	#1127
2021	#957
2022	#1180
2023	#921
2024	#952

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in every year from 1945 to 2025.

In 2024: #71 among girls in Norway, #952 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1945–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #157 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #11 among girls in Norway, in 1989 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #94 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Mari appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 81 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 11,303 births with the name.

Mari across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mari's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#157 (1945)	#11 (1989)	#94 (2025)	81 of 81	11,303 (1945–2025)	341 (1991)
England and Wales · Girls	#944 (1996)	#717 (2006)	#952 (2024)	29 of 29	914 (1996–2024)	45 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#502 (1994)	#502 (1994)	#758 (2010)	2 of 17	7 (1994–2010)	4 (2010)

Mari by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mari in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	196	5 of 10	39
1950s	574	10 of 10	57
1960s	701	10 of 10	70
1970s	983	10 of 10	98
1980sbusiest	2,632	10 of 10	263
1990s	2,587	10 of 10	259
2000s	1,864	10 of 10	186
2010s	1,264	10 of 10	126
2020s	502	6 of 10	84

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 263 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1991 and 1992, when recorded births fell by 80, from 341 to 261.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Mari appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1991.

Mari's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#952	37	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#921	38	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1180	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#957	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1127	29	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1153	29	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1043	34	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1031	34	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1088	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1177	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#999	36	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1130	30	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#989	35	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1093	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#850	40	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#859	38	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#742	45	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#717	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#824	34	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1158	20	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#742	37	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1104	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1063	19	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#728	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#816	27	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#817	27	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#820	27	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#944	22	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#94	63	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#71	83	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#67	91	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#74	81	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#67	87	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#63	97	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#52	110	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#61	102	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#69	91	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#47	122	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#46	119	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#51	119	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#54	120	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#44	136	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#34	174	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#37	171	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#39	160	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#32	198	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#37	169	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#36	183	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#32	193	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#30	199	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#34	172	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#34	172	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#30	214	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#35	204	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#33	212	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#29	229	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#34	215	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#27	233	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#27	224	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#21	277	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#13	306	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#22	261	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#11	341	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#16	289	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#11	313	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#13	302	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#15	279	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#14	299	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#17	279	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#21	268	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#21	273	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#24	249	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#30	200	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#37	170	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#48	151	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#59	128	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#62	116	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#73	111	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#82	92	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#77	91	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#96	76	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#101	72	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#99	73	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#101	73	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#100	72	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#100	68	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#102	66	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#97	68	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#100	61	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#93	71	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#80	82	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#79	91	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#103	52	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#85	70	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#83	75	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#89	62	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#104	50	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#84	66	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#111	45	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#83	71	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#106	50	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#116	43	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#100	55	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#101	57	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#110	51	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#120	44	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#135	37	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#149	33	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#157	31	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1945 and 2025, ranked in 81 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #11, first reached in 1989.

It held a top-100 place in 67 years, 53 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 341 births, registered in Norway in 1991.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1994, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Margun · #200, 22y
Margunn · #150, 40y
Mari-Ann · #213, 33y
Maria · #3, 81y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Hans · #10, 81y
Karin · #10, 81y
Mona · #9, 81y
Helene · #7, 81y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Eirik · #11, 81y
Kristoffer · #11, 80y
Mette · #11, 65y
Simen · #11, 73y

Comparisons involving Mari

Existing comparison pages where Mari and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Mari in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Anna vs Mari
Anna and Mari were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #23 and #94.
Anna · Mari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Anne vs Mari
Anne and Mari were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #159 and #94.
Anne · Mari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Astrid vs Mari
Astrid and Mari were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #9 and #94.
Astrid · Mari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Mari and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Julie vs Mari
In 1992, Julie moved ahead of Mari in Norway · Girls — #13 and #11 the year before became #7 and #22.
Julie · Mari · 74 shared years, 1945–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1992 Norway ranking
Amalie vs Mari
In 1996, Amalie moved ahead of Mari in Norway · Girls — #29 and #27 the year before became #8 and #27.
Amalie · Mari · 45 shared years, 1978–2025 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1996 Norway ranking
Bente vs Mari
In Norway · Girls, Mari moved into the top 50 at #37 in 1980 as Bente fell out of it to #58, having been #46 the year before.
Bente · Mari · 61 shared years, 1945–2011 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1980 Norway ranking

Compared inside Norway lists

Pairs involving Mari measured in Norway's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Mari at its highest position.

Elin vs Mari
Elin and Mari were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #263 and #94.
Elin · Mari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Elisabeth vs Mari
Elisabeth and Mari were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #171 and #94.
Elisabeth · Mari · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking
Mari vs Elise
Mari and Elise were both ranked in Norway · Girls for 81 years, from 1945 to 2025, ending at #94 and #63.
Mari · Elise · 81 shared years, 1945–2025 · Longest-running competitions
See the 2025 Norway ranking

Norway overview→

Mari was ranked #11 in Norway · Girls in 1989. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mari and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mari without appearing here.

Mari moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1127 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #957 and #2499.
Suzanne Compare
In 2005 they stood at #824 and #745 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #717 and #1585.
Elaine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1180 and #1081 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #1705.
Christine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1180 and #1081 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #921 and #1640.

Moved ahead of Mari

Mina Compare
In 2009 they stood at #850 and #865 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1093 and #623.
Riley Compare
In 2013 they stood at #999 and #1075 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #1177 and #763.
Ivy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #742 and #799 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1158 and #758.
Violet Compare
In 2000 they stood at #728 and #764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1063 and #710.

Moved the opposite way to Mari

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 while Anita went from #162 to #459.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 while Anne went from #1 to #159.
Åse Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 while Åse went from #25 to #93.
Aud Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 while Aud went from #13 to #427.

Moved the same way as Mari

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 and Ada from #229 to #18.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 and Alma from #293 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 and Elise from #223 to #63.
Ella Compare
Between 1945 and 2025 in Norway · Girls, Mari went from #157 to #94 and Ella from #137 to #4.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1945 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #11 in Norway in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mari

Mari at a glance

What stands out in Mari's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mari across 3 official records

Mari by decade in Norway · Girls

Mari appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mari

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mari

Mari and the names beside it

Mari moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mari

Moved the opposite way to Mari

Moved the same way as Mari

Mari at a glance

What stands out in Mari's record

Mari across 3 official records

Mari by decade in Norway · Girls

Mari appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Comparisons involving Mari

Longest shared records

Order changes

Compared inside Norway lists

Names published alongside Mari

Mari and the names beside it

Mari moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mari

Moved the opposite way to Mari

Moved the same way as Mari