Maren

#470 for girls in 2025, 654 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2020 · 703 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,059
since 1916

Maren over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Maren has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#470654—
2024#567532—
2023#544555—
2022#501630#12,3305
2021#441707—
2020#437703—
2019#515610—
2018#606498—
2017#635465—
2016#941291—
2015#1,115230—
2014#1,156214—
2013#1,126215—
2012#1,080230—
2011#1,086226—
2010#1,263189—
2009#1,088234—
2008#962278—
2007#974276—
2006#1,015252—
2005#932266—
2004#942255—
2003#1,212175—
2002#1,240161—
2001#1,206169—
2000#1,353139—
1999#1,349131—
1998#1,330132—
1997#1,327130—
1996#1,423116—
1995#1,54299—
1994#1,78681—
1993#1,74185—
1992#1,94771—
1991#1,99669—
1990#1,88075—
1989#1,87370—
1988#1,58782—
1987#1,336102—
1986#1,39292—
1985#1,33998—
1984#1,27299—
1983#1,169112—
1982#988149—
1981#1,050136—
1980#939159—
1979#732226—
1978#1,42281—
1977#1,68262—
1976#1,69457—
1975#1,49868—
1974#1,77250—
1973#2,06439—
1972#1,94642—
1971#1,82848—
1970#1,85947—
1969#1,72849—
1968#1,88740—
1967#1,94736—
1966#1,95235—
1965#2,06432—
1964#2,75221—
1963#2,30627—
1962#1,88937—
1961#2,11731—
1960#1,88736—
1959#2,10829—
1958#2,50621—
1957#1,70540—
1956#1,96830—
1955#1,49846—
1954#1,87531—
1953#2,23622—
1952#1,68034—
1951#1,52838—
1950#1,37544—
1949#1,91725—
1948#1,77828—
1947#1,79029—
1946#1,86024—
1945#1,62126—
1944#1,80822—
1943#1,42334—
1942#1,70624—
1941#2,01817—
1940#1,68222—
1939#2,41712—
1938#1,87318—
1937#2,31713—
1936#3,3767—
1935#2,30513—
1934#2,42412—
1933#2,8689—
1932#2,83110—
1931#3,4977—
1930#4,0476—
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five girls were named Maren! It came in at #3,258, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Maren is popular in 1916

No state had 5 or more girls named Maren in 1916, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Maren
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 97 spots since 2024 (#567 → #470)
  • 33 spots since 2020 (#437 → #470)
  • 645 spots since 2015 (#1,115 → #470)
  • Biggest jump: 690 spots in 1979 (#1,422 → #732)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1980 (#732 → #939)
Rise & fade · girls
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2020 at #437 (703 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,300
  • Highest: 1 in 2,300 girls born in 2020 were named Maren (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,458 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 29.0% of all girls named Maren (3,781) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s15#3,258 (1916)#3,538
1920s45#2,780 (1922)#3,477
1930s107#1,873 (1938)#2,796
1940s251#1,423 (1943)#1,760
1950s335#1,375 (1950)#1,848
1960s344#1,728 (1969)#2,053
1970s720#732 (1979)#1,650
1980s1,099#939 (1980)#1,295
1990s989#1,327 (1997)#1,632
2000s2,205#932 (2005)#1,092
2010s3,168#515 (2019)#952
2020s3,781#437 (2020)#493

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.

Maren in 1916

girls
#3,258
8 births · 1 in 130,542 girls

Top girls' names in 1916

  1. #1Mary61,438
  2. #2Helen32,661
  3. #3Dorothy27,418
  4. #4Margaret24,953
  5. #5Ruth23,189
  6. #6Mildred15,633
  7. #7Anna15,228
  8. #8Elizabeth14,940
  9. #9Frances13,746
  10. #10Virginia12,487
  11. #3,258Maren8
More about 1916

girls

1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 130,542 of them was named Maren, which outranked 36.9% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Maren
  1. #3,031Zeda9
  2. #3,031Zillah9
  3. #3,031Zulema9
  4. #3,258Maren8
  5. #3,258Adabelle8
  6. #3,258Adina8
  7. #3,258Adine8
  8. #3,552Adelyne7
  9. #3,552Adie7
  10. #3,552Adora7

Tied with 293 names at #3,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. ↑ 567Trinidad#1,317 → #750
  2. ↑ 388Coral#1,367 → #979
  3. ↑ 377Coletta#1,317 → #940
  4. ↑ 370Clifford#1,285 → #915
  5. ↑ 327Maida#1,231 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Louis#934 → #1,298
  2. ↓ 354Herminia#944 → #1,298
  3. ↓ 346Gertha#900 → #1,246
  4. ↓ 344Lahoma#934 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 310Hassie#900 → #1,210

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1916 →