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 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- North Dakota#170 · 1 in 601
- Minnesota#241 · 1 in 1,308
- Kansas#275 · 1 in 1,382
- Iowa#288 · 1 in 1,588
- Michigan#293 · 1 in 1,735
Best ever in a state: #97 in South Dakota, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #170 | 5 | 1 in 601 |
| Minnesota | #241 | 19 | 1 in 1,308 |
| Kansas | #275 | 9 | 1 in 1,382 |
| Iowa | #288 | 9 | 1 in 1,588 |
| Michigan | #293 | 30 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 12 | 1 in 2,116 |
| Ohio | #353 | 26 | 1 in 2,389 |
| Massachusetts | #449 | 10 | 1 in 3,220 |
| Pennsylvania | #470 | 18 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Missouri | #473 | 9 | 1 in 3,283 |
| Georgia | #543 | 11 | 1 in 3,773 |
| North Carolina | #550 | 10 | 1 in 3,935 |
| Illinois | #564 | 19 | 1 in 3,760 |
| Indiana | #566 | 8 | 1 in 4,112 |
| Oregon | #577 | 5 | 1 in 3,331 |
| Washington | #584 | 8 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Colorado | #585 | 6 | 1 in 3,496 |
| Maryland | #591 | 6 | 1 in 4,119 |
| California | #638 | 53 | 1 in 4,336 |
| Virginia | #640 | 7 | 1 in 4,878 |
| New York | #650 | 23 | 1 in 4,536 |
| New Jersey | #691 | 8 | 1 in 5,292 |
| Tennessee | #736 | 5 | 1 in 5,923 |
| Arizona | #752 | 6 | 1 in 4,745 |
| Texas | #917 | 20 | 1 in 6,977 |
| Florida | #984 | 9 | 1 in 8,081 |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| 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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 4,461 of them was named Mara, which outranked 96.3% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.