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Name meaning & stats

Maris

Maris means “great”. 2,638 US babies since 1940, peak 2020.

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What it means

“great”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2020

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

2,638 US babies were named Maris between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Maris (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 47% of the family

  • Maris 47%
  • Maryrose 32%
  • Marcee 13%
  • Marce 4%
  • Marise 3%
  • Maryse 2%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2020)