Mari
Girl · MA-ree · Hebrew
Mari is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 1,611th for girls in the US (129 babies).
What does Mari mean?
Hebrew: Welsh, Breton and Scandinavian form of Mary
Welsh form of Mary, also used in Scandinavia and Estonia.
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Is Mari a girl's or a boy's name?
Mari is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 129 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Mari in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Mari, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,180th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 45 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mari in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Mari in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 37 | #996 |
| 2023 | 38 | #988 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,211 |
| 2021 | 36 | #1,028 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,180 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 35 | #1,079 |
| 2016 | 34 | #1,096 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 37 | #1,044 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 31 | #1,136 |
| 2009 | 41 | #895 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 45 | #789 |
| 2006 | 45 | #757 |
| 2005 | 37 | #825 |
| 2004 | 21 | #1,194 |
| 2003 | 39 | #749 |
| 2002 | 19 | #1,186 |
| 2001 | 21 | #1,070 |
| 2000 | 36 | #731 |
| 1999 | 30 | #819 |
| 1998 | 29 | #854 |
| 1997 | 32 | #797 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Mari in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,611among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 129about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 129 girls in the US were named Mari, making it the 1,611th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,991st. Its busiest year was 1957, with 412 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897. 6 boys were also named Mari in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Mari than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Mari in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mari in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 129 | #1,611 |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,509 |
| 2023 | 156 | #1,430 |
| 2022 | 150 | #1,468 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,516 |
| 2020 | 94 | #1,991 |
| 2019 | 114 | #1,789 |
| 2018 | 110 | #1,840 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,752 |
| 2016 | 105 | #1,908 |
| 2015 | 87 | #2,169 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 110 | #1,834 |
| 2012 | 124 | #1,690 |
| 2011 | 128 | #1,661 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,678 |
| 2009 | 143 | #1,572 |
| 2008 | 124 | #1,774 |
| 2007 | 144 | #1,570 |
| 2006 | 161 | #1,403 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,406 |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 149 | #1,357 |
| 2002 | 157 | #1,257 |
| 2001 | 163 | #1,234 |
| 2000 | 146 | #1,303 |
| 1999 | 165 | #1,172 |
| 1998 | 170 | #1,124 |
| 1997 | 169 | #1,109 |
| 1996 | 173 | #1,069 |
| 1995 | 188 | #995 |
| 1994 | 185 | #1,003 |
| 1993 | 149 | #1,172 |
| 1992 | 184 | #1,019 |
| 1991 | 173 | #1,048 |
| 1990 | 203 | #933 |
| 1989 | 198 | #912 |
| 1988 | 199 | #885 |
| 1987 | 161 | #980 |
| 1986 | 164 | #958 |
| 1985 | 163 | #950 |
| 1984 | 173 | #875 |
| 1983 | 179 | #854 |
| 1982 | 204 | #791 |
| 1981 | 200 | #804 |
| 1980 | 176 | #871 |
| 1979 | 180 | #862 |
| 1978 | 135 | #1,006 |
| 1977 | 136 | #995 |
| 1976 | 138 | #932 |
| 1975 | 153 | #873 |
| 1974 | 179 | #772 |
| 1973 | 190 | #736 |
| 1972 | 185 | #753 |
| 1971 | 210 | #722 |
| 1970 | 226 | #692 |
| 1969 | 218 | #673 |
| 1968 | 236 | #625 |
| 1967 | 274 | #572 |
| 1966 | 257 | #590 |
| 1965 | 303 | #544 |
| 1964 | 339 | #534 |
| 1963 | 329 | #534 |
| 1962 | 346 | #524 |
| 1961 | 347 | #522 |
| 1960 | 341 | #524 |
| 1959 | 343 | #524 |
| 1958 | 344 | #523 |
| 1957 | 412 | #466 |
| 1956 | 361 | #492 |
| 1955 | 343 | #491 |
| 1954 | 361 | #463 |
| 1953 | 317 | #486 |
| 1952 | 245 | #546 |
| 1951 | 223 | #573 |
| 1950 | 226 | #550 |
| 1949 | 163 | #649 |
| 1948 | 163 | #651 |
| 1947 | 132 | #744 |
| 1946 | 122 | #732 |
| 1945 | 90 | #790 |
| 1944 | 94 | #787 |
| 1943 | 87 | #832 |
| 1942 | 63 | #987 |
| 1941 | 60 | #948 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 55 | #953 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,127 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,234 |
| 1936 | 44 | #1,053 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 18 | #1,876 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,737 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 25 | #1,666 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,264 |
| 1922 | 29 | #1,536 |
| 1921 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,816 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,063 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,887 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
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