Marah Girl
How popular is Marah?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Marah in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Marah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▼ 2723 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #4,231 in 2015, #5,663 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2004 (117 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,439 in 1991 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marah 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 Marah is most popular
Babies named Marah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Marah by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16 | #6,041 |
| 1970s | 88 | #4,931 |
| 1980s | 258 | #1,729 |
| 1990s | 747 | #1,439 |
| 2000s | 770 | #1,653 |
| 2010s | 328 | #3,408 |
| 2020s | 158 | #3,822 |
Girl names about as popular as Marah
Questions
- Is Marah a boy or girl name?
- Marah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marah were girls.
- How popular is the name Marah?
- 17 baby girls were named Marah in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Marah most popular?
- Marah peaked in 2004, when 117 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,439 in 1991.
- How many people are named Marah?
- 2,365 babies have been named Marah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,330 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 25.
- Where is Marah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marah was most common in Michigan, at 0.0 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.