Mariska
Girl · ma-RISH-ka · Hebrew
Mariska is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Mariska mean?
Hebrew: Hungarian pet form of Mária, from Miriam
A Hungarian pet form of Mária, also used in Dutch and in Slavic languages.
- Say it
- ma-RISH-ka
Is Mariska a girl's or a boy's name?
Mariska is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mariska in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 5 girls.
Mariska in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Mariska in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Mariska, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 107 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Mariska than any year since 2003.
Half of all the girls named Mariska in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mariska in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 28 | #4,766 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 32 | #4,422 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 32 | #4,453 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 50 | #3,266 |
| 2011 | 65 | #2,694 |
| 2010 | 70 | #2,589 |
| 2009 | 65 | #2,751 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,929 |
| 2006 | 95 | #2,069 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 36 | #3,894 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
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