Mariana
- Pronunciation
- [Ma-ri-a-na]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Compound Name Combining Marie And Anne, "Bitter Grace."
- Origin
- Romanian
About the Name Mariana
Mariana is the Italian, Spanish, and Romanian form of Marianne — itself a compound of Maria (from the Hebrew Miryam) and Anne/Anna (from the Hebrew Channah). The combination yields a deeply Christian double-feminine register: "Mary-Anne" referring to both the Virgin Mary and Saint Anne (Mary's mother, per Catholic tradition).
The name has been continuously used in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian Catholic naming traditions for centuries. Notable bearers include 17th-century Spanish queen consort Mariana of Austria (1634–1696, second wife of King Philip IV of Spain); 19th-century Brazilian writer Mariana de Carvalhal; and contemporary Mexican-American actress Mariana Treviño.
Mariana has been continuously among the popular girls' names in Spanish-speaking American communities. The name climbed from outside the US top 200 in 1990 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2014 and the top 200 since. The name's appeal is its layered Italian-Spanish-Catholic pedigree combined with four flowing syllables — the in-built religious double-anchor (Mary plus Anne), the popular -ana ending family, and tonal warmth distinctive to Latinate naming. The name reads as both classical-Catholic and contemporary in Spanish-American naming. Common nicknames Mari, Ana (back-end shortening, also a popular standalone name), and the rare Mariana-bear each carry distinct registers; the alternate spelling Marianna (with double N) has its own SSA tracking. International forms include Marianne (French/English), Marianna (Italian/Polish), and the broader Mary/Anne family across European languages.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Mariana
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Mariana by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 2,062 girls named Mariana (girl rank #165 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #261 for girls (1,192 US births). That's 96 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Mariana Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Mariana the strongest states are New Mexico, Texas, Arizona.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #132 | 117 |
| 2 | Texas | #140 | 1,971 |
| 3 | Arizona | #147 | 420 |
| 4 | Rhode Island | #177 | 25 |
| 5 | California | #188 | 1,670 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | #193 | 273 |
| 7 | Florida | #199 | 804 |
| 8 | Colorado | #241 | 217 |
| 9 | Kansas | #260 | 131 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #291 | 263 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alabama | #611 | 75 |
| 2 | Louisiana | #519 | 90 |
| 3 | Missouri | #491 | 127 |
| 4 | South Carolina | #484 | 94 |
| 5 | Utah | #484 | 83 |
| 6 | Arkansas | #464 | 54 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #454 | 116 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #450 | 233 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #427 | 228 |
| 10 | Tennessee | #427 | 173 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Mariana in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryanna | Derived From Mary Bitter. Mary Was The Biblical Mother Of Christ. Names Like Dolores And Mercedes Have Been Created To Express Aspects Of Mary's Life And Worship. | Female | Hebrew |
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