Mara
Rank in 2025
#587
recorded as girls
Up 1 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
499
girls 499
Peak year
2021
568 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
24,054
since 1892
Born a Mara? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mara was most popular in 2021, when 568 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.35 per 1,000). In 2025, 499 babies were named Mara, ranking #587 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 499 | 587 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 515 | 588 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 516 | 581 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 478 | 620 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 568 | 540 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 463 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 439 | 663 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 432 | 676 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 440 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 427 | 684 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 383 | 736 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 409 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 366 | 742 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 336 | 797 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 312 | 846 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 308 | 865 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 377 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 355 | 811 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 389 | 749 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 415 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 415 | 671 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 427 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 417 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 420 | 608 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 405 | 621 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 418 | 605 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 363 | 645 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 411 | 590 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 412 | 568 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 393 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 350 | 624 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 370 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 376 | 610 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 371 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 400 | 578 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 443 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 410 | 552 | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | 331 | 602 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 269 | 686 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 204 | 823 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 203 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 230 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 241 | 706 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 239 | 724 | 5 | 6385 |
| 1981 | 237 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 259 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 242 | 698 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 273 | 619 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 236 | 668 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 285 | 574 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 237 | 645 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 227 | 666 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 242 | 627 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 270 | 593 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 267 | 626 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 286 | 606 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 258 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 221 | 653 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 226 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 185 | 726 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 193 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 179 | 772 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 171 | 793 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 168 | 806 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 187 | 761 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 152 | 838 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 139 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 170 | 766 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 150 | 827 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 180 | 718 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 163 | 744 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 176 | 700 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 113 | 886 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 126 | 808 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 106 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 94 | 916 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 53 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 38 | 1499 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 51 | 1270 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 31 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 33 | 1402 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 27 | 1578 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 29 | 1556 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 23 | 1760 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 23 | 1649 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 19 | 1845 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 24 | 1544 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 8 | 3181 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 13 | 2317 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 22 | 1593 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 20 | 1720 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 11 | 2567 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 12 | 2404 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 12 | 2490 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 10 | 2750 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 13 | 2425 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 15 | 2284 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 13 | 2552 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 16 | 2257 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 18 | 2119 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 15 | 2409 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 10 | 3125 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 8 | 3655 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 15 | 2378 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 7 | 3957 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 10 | 3005 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 13 | 2519 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 12 | 2552 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 7 | 3552 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 7 | 3434 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 5 | 3618 | <5 | — |
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| 1912 | 5 | 2979 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 8 | 1792 | <5 | — |
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| 1894 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1893 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | 1278 | <5 | — |
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Where Mara is most popular
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years