Mara Girl
How popular is Mara?
#587 girl name in 2025
499 baby girls were named Mara in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
Mara popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #587 for girls (▲ 1 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 499 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #736 in 2015, #626 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (568 girls) |
| Highest rank | #537 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1892 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Mara counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Mara family of names ranked #538 for girls in 2025 (#509 the year before), with 539 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Mara | 499 | 93% |
| Marah | 17 | 3% |
| Mahra | 8 | 1% |
| Marra | 6 | 1% |
| Marai | 9 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Mara is most popular
Babies named Mara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 1.9 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Minnesota: 1.4 per 1,000 (152 girls)
- Iowa: 1.2 per 1,000 (69 girls)
- North Dakota: 1.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
- Wisconsin: 1.0 per 1,000 (101 girls)
Mara by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 6 | #1,278 |
| 1910s | 67 | #1,792 |
| 1920s | 130 | #2,118 |
| 1930s | 145 | #1,544 |
| 1940s | 327 | #1,250 |
| 1950s | 1,417 | #699 |
| 1960s | 1,940 | #618 |
| 1970s | 2,565 | #574 |
| 1980s | 2,623 | #552 |
| 1990s | 3,889 | #537 |
| 2000s | 4,038 | #605 |
| 2010s | 3,852 | #663 |
| 2020s | 3,039 | #540 |
Girl names about as popular as Mara
Questions
- Is Mara a boy or girl name?
- Mara is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Mara were girls.
- How popular is the name Mara?
- 499 baby girls were named Mara in the US in 2025, making it the 587th most popular girl name.
- When was Mara most popular?
- Mara peaked in 2021, when 568 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #537 in 1990.
- How many people are named Mara?
- 24,054 babies have been named Mara in the US since 1880. We estimate about 22,833 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Mara most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Mara was most common in South Dakota, at 1.9 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.