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Mariana

Gender
Girl
Say it
ma-ree-AH-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,570 for girls
US rank, 2025
#260 for girls

Mariana is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,570th for girls in the UK (20 babies) and 260th for girls in the US (1,192 babies).

What does Mariana mean?

Latin: feminine of Marianus, often seen as Maria + Ana

Spanish and Portuguese name from Latin Marianus, often understood as a blend of Maria and Ana.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Mariana a girl's or a boy's name?

Mariana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls in the UK and 1,192 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Mariana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,570th among girls
Babies in 2025
20 about 1 in 14,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 20 girls in the UK were named Mariana, making it the 1,570th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 45 girls.

Half of all the girls named Mariana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,512th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 45 in 20112025
Mariana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202520#1,570
202418#1,726
202329#1,209
202234#1,066
202130#1,201
202023#1,431
201934#1,085
201825#1,375
201733#1,127
201631#1,189
201542#933
201440#983
201336#1,065
201242#945
201145#872
201038#968
200940#912
200843#843
200742#830
200634#932
200528#1,004
200422#1,154
200326#997
200219#1,186
200117#1,261
200017#1,230
199921#1,065
19987#2,304
19977#2,281
199614#1,381

How popular is Mariana in the US?

Rank in 2025
260th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,192 about 1 in 1,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 6% in five years
Same name in a class
1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,192 girls in the US were named Mariana, making it the 260th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 272nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,062 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.

2025 had fewer girls named Mariana than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Mariana in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.

1888Busiest: 2,062 in 20052025
Mariana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,192#260
20241,301#242
20231,252#245
20221,257#243
20211,229#250
20201,140#272
20191,249#266
20181,157#286
20171,090#300
20161,118#292
20151,091#296
20141,012#332
2013953#339
20121,027#315
20111,062#298
20101,254#261
20091,482#219
20081,682#198
20071,975#177
20061,992#176
20052,062#165
20041,991#171
20031,297#253
20021,240#256
20011,164#270
2000945#331
1999898#338
1998865#340
1997652#403
1996623#414
1995619#417
1994575#438
1993506#494
1992439#537
1991470#504
1990474#507
1989355#603
1988275#697
1987221#793
1986193#856
1985212#789
1984198#802
1983200#790
1982177#871
1981218#756
1980242#703
1979137#1,025
1978126#1,059
1977126#1,045
197699#1,160
1975122#998
197483#1,284
197378#1,302
197294#1,155
197186#1,280
197074#1,407
196959#1,546
196856#1,519
196742#1,783
196646#1,646
196546#1,655
196454#1,548
196356#1,489
196239#1,825
196150#1,597
196038#1,834
195939#1,764
195836#1,819
195729#2,027
195636#1,759
195529#1,977
195439#1,622
195324#2,121
195226#1,977
195127#1,884
195029#1,763
194928#1,806
194835#1,575
194729#1,789
194627#1,722
194532#1,417
194436#1,339
194330#1,526
194234#1,387
194130#1,418
194025#1,549
193921#1,684
193839#1,159
193726#1,451
193634#1,230
193538#1,135
193430#1,317
193327#1,400
193224#1,568
193141#1,104
193042#1,144
192944#1,107
192845#1,136
192736#1,331
192632#1,413
192555#1,008
192434#1,409
192339#1,245
192252#1,044
192135#1,341
192040#1,206
191936#1,270
191843#1,126
191740#1,126
191630#1,332
191530#1,285
191424#1,262
191322#1,176
191223#1,080
19117#1,956
191016#1,110
19097#1,763
190812#1,203
190710#1,289
190613#1,043
19056#1,695
19040–
19038#1,318
19028#1,320
19017#1,339
19009#1,318
18997#1,277
18985#1,699
18970–
18966#1,416
18956#1,426
18940–
18936#1,277
18920–
18910–
18905#1,337
18895#1,278
18885#1,276

Names like Mariana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Olivia, Lucia, Ariana, Isabella, Eliana, Aurora, Mia, Liliana, Ava, Emilia, Valentina, Victoria

Names related to Mariana

Marina, Marni, Marianne, Marianna, Marian, Marin, Marion, Maryann, Maryanna

More Latin names

Oliver, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Mariana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mariana, updated 20 October 2026.