Mariona

Girls' name

Diminutive of Maria

Mariona has been given to 272 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2005, with 22 recorded.

Babies named Mariona, 2022

1 in 484,000

Mariona over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Mariona: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Maria

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mariona means

Mariona is a diminutive of Maria.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Mariona is used in Catalan.

Another recorded pronunciation is /mə.ɾi.ˈo.nə/ for Mariona.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Mariona → Maria → Maria → מרים. The family’s proposed meaning is “to be bitter”, recorded in Hebrew with the source elements m-r-r.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Maria.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Catalan, Mariona is pronounced [mə.ɾiˈu.nə].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 272 girls were recorded with the name Mariona between 1996 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2005; its best national rank was #5,711 in 2005.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Mariona?

Mariona had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 484,000; 7 of 3,385,755 births
Among girls only: 1 in 234,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 335,262 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Mariona sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2022 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 335,262 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mariona. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marionas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mariona was born before 2008 — so the typical Mariona is around 17 today.

Median birth year: 2008; About 17 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 50.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 98.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 272; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 50.7% of all recorded uses (138).

Is Mariona rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2005 (22)
Years since peak: 20; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,711; 2005

Spellings of Mariona

Mariona is not the most common spelling — Maria is, with 37.3% against Mariona's 0.02%.

Maria37.3%566,111
Marion12.5%189,218
Marian9.3%141,944
Marissa8.0%120,842
Ariana7.9%120,380
Karina4.0%61,464
Marisa3.2%48,707
Mariana3.0%45,887

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Mariona by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,711; 2005
Peak year: 2005; 22 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 272
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Mariona

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Marjona Marieli Mariyam Mariame Marayah Marieme Maryuri Marifer Maryori Marleah Mariluz Marella Marlaya Marjan Maritta Marlette Maryana Maryama Marciana Marsali Maripaz Markella Marialy Maryum

Sibling names for Mariona

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jaci Yahaira Pilar Anisa Jamya Yajaira Anjali Anneliese

For a brother

Braulio Johnpaul Jamarion Kenyon Paulo Yair Kadin Lavon

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