Maria is the Latin form of Mary — from the Hebrew Miriam. The meaning is debated; possibilities include "beloved," "longed-for child," "bitter," or "princess of the sea." The name has been borne by the mother of Jesus and by sister of Moses, Miriam.
Maria is one of the most common girl names in the world, used across Christianity in Latin America, Spain, Italy, the Philippines, and Eastern Europe. In the U.S.
Maria does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Maria reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.