Mara
#587 for girls in 2025, 499 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 443 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 24,038since 1892
Mara over time
Rank among girls' names. Mara has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #587 | 499 | — | |
| 2024 | #588 | 515 | — | |
| 2023 | #581 | 516 | — | |
| 2022 | #620 | 478 | — | |
| 2021 | #540 | 568 | — | |
| 2020 | #626 | 463 | — | |
| 2019 | #663 | 439 | — | |
| 2018 | #676 | 432 | — | |
| 2017 | #668 | 440 | — | |
| 2016 | #684 | 427 | — | |
| 2015 | #736 | 383 | — | |
| 2014 | #692 | 409 | — | |
| 2013 | #742 | 366 | — | |
| 2012 | #797 | 336 | — | |
| 2011 | #846 | 312 | — | |
| 2010 | #865 | 308 | — | |
| 2009 | #753 | 377 | — | |
| 2008 | #811 | 355 | — | |
| 2007 | #749 | 389 | — | |
| 2006 | #682 | 415 | — | |
| 2005 | #671 | 415 | — | |
| 2004 | #639 | 427 | — | |
| 2003 | #638 | 417 | — | |
| 2002 | #608 | 420 | — | |
| 2001 | #621 | 405 | — | |
| 2000 | #605 | 418 | — | |
| 1999 | #645 | 363 | — | |
| 1998 | #590 | 411 | — | |
| 1997 | #568 | 412 | — | |
| 1996 | #584 | 393 | — | |
| 1995 | #624 | 350 | — | |
| 1994 | #606 | 370 | — | |
| 1993 | #610 | 376 | — | |
| 1992 | #613 | 371 | — | |
| 1991 | #578 | 400 | — | |
| 1990 | #538 | 443 | — | |
| 1989 | #552 | 410 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #602 | 331 | — | |
| 1987 | #686 | 269 | — | |
| 1986 | #823 | 204 | — | |
| 1985 | #809 | 203 | — | |
| 1984 | #718 | 230 | — | |
| 1983 | #706 | 241 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #724 | 239 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #708 | 237 | — | |
| 1980 | #674 | 259 | — | |
| 1979 | #698 | 242 | — | |
| 1978 | #619 | 273 | — | |
| 1977 | #668 | 236 | — | |
| 1976 | #574 | 285 | — | |
| 1975 | #645 | 237 | — | |
| 1974 | #666 | 227 | — | |
| 1973 | #627 | 242 | — | |
| 1972 | #593 | 270 | — | |
| 1971 | #626 | 267 | — | |
| 1970 | #606 | 286 | — | |
| 1969 | #618 | 258 | — | |
| 1968 | #653 | 221 | — | |
| 1967 | #638 | 226 | — | |
| 1966 | #726 | 185 | — | |
| 1965 | #708 | 193 | — | |
| 1964 | #772 | 179 | — | |
| 1963 | #793 | 171 | — | |
| 1962 | #806 | 168 | — | |
| 1961 | #761 | 187 | — | |
| 1960 | #838 | 152 | — | |
| 1959 | #879 | 139 | — | |
| 1958 | #766 | 170 | — | |
| 1957 | #827 | 150 | — | |
| 1956 | #718 | 180 | — | |
| 1955 | #744 | 163 | — | |
| 1954 | #700 | 176 | — | |
| 1953 | #886 | 113 | — | |
| 1952 | #808 | 126 | — | |
| 1951 | #871 | 106 | — | |
| 1950 | #916 | 94 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,251 | 53 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,499 | 38 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,270 | 51 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,402 | 33 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,578 | 27 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,556 | 29 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,760 | 23 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,649 | 23 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,845 | 19 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,593 | 22 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,404 | 12 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | — | |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,257 | 16 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | — | |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,552 | 7 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
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| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Mara! It came in at #1,278, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1910, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Mara is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Minnesota#253 · 1 in 1,664
- Wisconsin#270 · 1 in 1,831
- West Virginia#279 · 1 in 1,759
- Iowa#325 · 1 in 2,266
- Ohio#334 · 1 in 2,495
Best ever in a state: #97 in South Dakota, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | #253 | 17 | 1 in 1,664 |
| Wisconsin | #270 | 16 | 1 in 1,831 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 5 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Iowa | #325 | 7 | 1 in 2,266 |
| Ohio | #334 | 28 | 1 in 2,495 |
| Indiana | #387 | 12 | 1 in 2,862 |
| Pennsylvania | #418 | 22 | 1 in 3,265 |
| Massachusetts | #419 | 12 | 1 in 3,208 |
| Connecticut | #421 | 6 | 1 in 3,186 |
| Tennessee | #439 | 9 | 1 in 3,310 |
| Virginia | #453 | 11 | 1 in 3,373 |
| Michigan | #476 | 16 | 1 in 3,778 |
| Georgia | #510 | 11 | 1 in 3,804 |
| Maryland | #511 | 7 | 1 in 3,958 |
| North Carolina | #511 | 10 | 1 in 4,068 |
| Illinois | #512 | 21 | 1 in 3,681 |
| New Jersey | #544 | 11 | 1 in 4,363 |
| Washington | #589 | 7 | 1 in 4,212 |
| Florida | #597 | 17 | 1 in 4,531 |
| Arizona | #626 | 6 | 1 in 4,238 |
| California | #626 | 52 | 1 in 4,692 |
| New York | #632 | 24 | 1 in 4,949 |
| Texas | #644 | 28 | 1 in 4,764 |
| Missouri | #680 | 5 | 1 in 6,506 |
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| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Mara
- 1 spot since 2024 (#588 → #587)
- 39 spots since 2020 (#626 → #587)
- 149 spots since 2015 (#736 → #587)
- Biggest jump: 335 spots in 1950 (#1,251 → #916)
- Biggest drop: 113 spots in 1959 (#766 → #879)
- Debuted 1892
- Peaked 1990 at #538 (443 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 76 yrs · run 1950–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,889 girls born in 2021 were named Mara (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,221 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #538 in 1990, was only 1 in 4,286 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.8% of all girls named Mara (4,038) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,278 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 67 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,931 |
| 1920s | 130 | #2,119 (1925) | #2,717 |
| 1930s | 145 | #1,544 (1939) | #2,299 |
| 1940s | 327 | #1,251 (1949) | #1,539 |
| 1950s | 1,417 | #700 (1954) | #812 |
| 1960s | 1,940 | #618 (1969) | #731 |
| 1970s | 2,565 | #574 (1976) | #632 |
| 1980s | 2,623 | #552 (1989) | #700 |
| 1990s | 3,889 | #538 (1990) | #596 |
| 2000s | 4,038 | #605 (2000) | #678 |
| 2010s | 3,852 | #663 (2019) | #737 |
| 2020s | 3,039 | #540 (2021) | #590 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Mara in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 4,496 of them was named Mara, which outranked 96.2% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 400,186 of them was named Mara, which outranked 14.4% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,327 names at #7,905; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.