Maariya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ma-REE-ya
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Maariya is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Maariya mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Mariyah; Arabic form of Maria, common in Muslim families
Arabic spelling of Maria, honouring Maria al-Qibtiyya, mother of the Prophet Muhammad's son Ibrahim.
Meaning borrowed from Mariyah. More on Wiktionary.
Is Maariya a girl's or a boy's name?
Maariya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maariya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 49% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Maariya, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maariya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were given Maariya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Maariya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,617 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,299 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,449 |
| 2008 | 26 | #1,215 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 43 | #787 |
| 2005 | 40 | #783 |
| 2004 | 33 | #882 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 29 | #884 |
| 2001 | 33 | #800 |
| 2000 | 26 | #925 |
| 1999 | 19 | #1,149 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,585 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Names like Maariya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anya Alisha Safia Habiba Samiya Humaira Samira Salma Aaliya Faiza Aliya Safiya
Other spellings of Maariya
Names related to Maariya
More Hebrew names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Maariya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maariya, updated 20 October 2026.