Marya

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marya: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,234, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1234highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1296
1997	#1234
1998	#1480
1999	#1317
2000	#2167
2001	#1617
2002	#1442
2003	#2191
2004	#4598
2005	#1796
2006	#2509
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2009	#3031
2010	#1993
2011	#2893
2012	#3285
2013	#4739
2014	#3160
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#2706
2018	#3518
2019	#3151
2020	#2615
2021	#3519
2022	#2888
2023	#2201
2024	#3695

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1296 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1234 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marya by decade in England and Wales · 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 Marya in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	80	10 of 10	8
2010s	74	10 of 10	7
2020s	41	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marya appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1234 in England and Wales in 1997.

Marya'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	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2888	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3519	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2615	9	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	#2706	9	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	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2893	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3031	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1796	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1442	13	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1317	14	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1480	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1234	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1296	14	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,234, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,695position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

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.

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Maryama · #1065, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ariba · #1234, 26y
Elisia · #1234, 29y
Nasreen · #1234, 26y
Rubin · #1234, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ariba · #1234, 26y
Elisia · #1234, 29y
Nasreen · #1234, 26y
Rubin · #1234, 27y

Marya 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 Marya without appearing here.

Marya moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2004 they stood at #4598 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #1796 and #4798.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2615 and #5493.
Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3285 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.
Hennie Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4598 and #4598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #5691.

Moved ahead of Marya

Alma Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1535.
Liv Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2191 and #2727 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #4598 and #1836.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2615 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3519 and #1286.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2201 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #1743.

Moved the opposite way to Marya

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Marya

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marya went from #1296 to #3695 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1234 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marya

Marya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Marya at a glance

Marya by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Marya moved ahead of

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