Marija
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Slavic
Marija is a girls' name of Slavic origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Marija mean?
Slavic
A transliteration of the Macedonian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Марија (Marija), equivalent to Mary
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marija a girl's or a boy's name?
Marija is a girls' name.
How popular is Marija in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marija in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marija in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,590 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Marija in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1962.
Half of all the girls named Marija in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marija in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
Names like Marija
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Maya, Khadija, Amira, Amara, Maryam, Anaya, Hana, Syeda, Amaya, Sienna, Ariana
Names related to Marija
More Slavic names
Mila, Milan, Vera, Mira, Nadia, Milana, Rayna, Zora, Milena, Raina, Damir, Lev, Siyana, Vlad, Lilyana, Yuri
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, “Marija: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marija, updated 20 October 2026.