Marija

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marija: Recorded since 1951, with a gap of 10 years, it reached #243 in 1984, and it stood at #504 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
70times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Marija's record

Absent from every published list for 10 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2000–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3912
2003	#3594
2007	#3218
2008	#3860
2009	#3031
2010	#3533
2011	#2893
2012	#2338
2013	#2176
2014	#4684
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#3229
2018	#3518
2019	#3151
2020	#4535
2021	#5581
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

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 42 of the 74 years from 1951 to 2024.

In 2024: #504 among girls in Norway, #5891 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1951–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1951
First recorded at #404 among girls in Norway in 1951 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1951–2024
Highest recorded position: #243 among girls in Norway, in 1984 (recorded 1951–2024).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marija appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1951, and has registered 369 births with the name.

Marija 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.

Marija'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	#404 (1951)	#243 (1984)	#504 (2024)	42 of 74	369 (1951–2024)	19 (1980)
England and Wales · Girls	#3912 (2000)	#2176 (2013)	#5891 (2024)	20 of 25	118 (2000–2024)	12 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#550 (2006)	#550 (2006)	#883 (2021)	7 of 16	27 (2006–2021)	5 (2006)

Marija 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 Marija in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	9	2 of 10	5
1960s	5	1 of 10	5
1970s	63	8 of 10	8
1980sbusiest	154	10 of 10	15
1990s	67	8 of 10	8
2000s	37	7 of 10	5
2010s	30	5 of 10	6
2020s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marija 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 4 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 1984.

Marija'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2176	12	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#504	4	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#482	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#447	8	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#496	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#483	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#449	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#510	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#630	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#601	4	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#514	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#572	5	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#534	6	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#390	10	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#391	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#353	12	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#476	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#418	10	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#459	9	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#323	15	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#287	17	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#270	18	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#281	17	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#243	19	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#254	19	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#431	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#341	12	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#253	19	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#423	9	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#317	14	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#291	15	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#519	6	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#615	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#550	5	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#558	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#509	5	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#400	5	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#404	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#629	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#751	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 4 registrars between 1951 and 2024, ranked in 53 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 1984.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 19 births, registered in Norway in 1980.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 10 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2000, and 68 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.

Marietta · #3912, 12y
Marigold · #1383, 14y
Marika · #474, 30y
Marilyn · #19, 49y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Elinor · #243, 52y
Ines · #243, 51y
Sami · #239, 58y
Asma · #250, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Steve · #242, 70y
Abdullahi · #245, 66y
Bozena · #241, 30y
Norbert · #241, 45y

Marija was ranked #243 in Norway · Girls in 1984. 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.

Marija 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 Marija without appearing here.

Marija moved ahead of

Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4535 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #5687.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3860 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #3031 and #4564.
Kristin Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4684 and #4003 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #4736.

Moved ahead of Marija

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #1939.
Cooper Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #5891 and #3695.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #4535 and #2449.
Maren Compare
In 2020 they stood at #4535 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Marija

Emilie Compare
Between 1977 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #291 to #504 while Emilie went from #500 to #14.
Linnea Compare
Between 1978 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #317 to #504 while Linnea went from #626 to #41.
Lara Compare
Between 1980 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #253 to #504 while Lara went from #497 to #169.
Abigail Compare
Between 1983 and 2024 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #254 to #504 while Abigail went from #617 to #353.

Moved the same way as Marija

Gerd Compare
Between 1951 and 2000 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #404 to #615 and Gerd from #12 to #593.
Torill Compare
Between 1951 and 1997 in Norway · Girls, Marija went from #404 to #572 and Torill from #19 to #534.
Abigail Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marija went from #3912 to #5891 and Abigail from #19 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marija went from #3912 to #5891 and Aimee from #72 to #1603.

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 4 regions, from 1951 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Norway in 1984. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marija

Marija at a glance

What stands out in Marija's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marija across 3 official records

Marija by decade in Norway · Girls

Marija appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

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Marija and the names beside it

Marija moved ahead of

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Marija at a glance

What stands out in Marija's record

Marija across 3 official records

Marija by decade in Norway · Girls

Marija appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Marija

Marija and the names beside it

Marija moved ahead of

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