Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Mara

#935 most common girls' name of all time · #1,685 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1892–2025

Rank among girls
#935
Rank overall
#1,685 of 105,966
First appeared
1892
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
24,054
Since 2016
4,777
Peak year
2021 #540
Best rank
#538 1990
Girls Boys peak 568/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Mara first appears in 1892. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 499 — 499 #587
2024 515 — 515 #588
2023 516 — 516 #581
2022 478 — 478 #620
2021 568 — 568 #540
2020 463 — 463 #627
2019 439 — 439 #663
2018 432 — 432 #676
2017 440 — 440 #668
2016 427 — 427 #685
2015 383 — 383 #736
2014 409 — 409 #692
2013 366 — 366 #742
2012 336 — 336 #797
2011 312 — 312 #846
2010 308 — 308 #866
2009 377 — 377 #754
2008 355 — 355 #811
2007 389 — 389 #750
2006 415 — 415 #682
2005 415 — 415 #671
2004 427 — 427 #641
2003 417 — 417 #639
2002 420 — 420 #608
2001 405 — 405 #621
2000 418 — 418 #605
1999 363 — 363 #645
1998 411 — 411 #590
1997 412 — 412 #568
1996 393 — 393 #584
1995 350 — 350 #624
1994 370 — 370 #607
1993 376 — 376 #610
1992 371 — 371 #613
1991 400 — 400 #578
1990 443 — 443 #538
1989 410 5 415 #552
1988 331 — 331 #604
1987 269 — 269 #688
1986 204 — 204 #824
1985 203 — 203 #810
1984 230 — 230 #720
1983 241 6 247 #707
1982 239 5 244 #725
1981 237 — 237 #708
1980 259 — 259 #674
1979 242 — 242 #701
1978 273 — 273 #619
1977 236 — 236 #668
1976 285 — 285 #575
1975 237 — 237 #646
1974 227 — 227 #666
1973 242 — 242 #627
1972 270 — 270 #594
1971 267 — 267 #626
1970 286 — 286 #607
1969 258 — 258 #618
1968 221 — 221 #653
1967 226 — 226 #638
1966 185 — 185 #726
1965 193 — 193 #708
1964 179 — 179 #773
1963 171 — 171 #795
1962 168 — 168 #810
1961 187 — 187 #764
1960 152 — 152 #839
1959 139 — 139 #881
1958 170 — 170 #766
1957 150 — 150 #830
1956 180 — 180 #719
1955 163 — 163 #744
1954 176 — 176 #700
1953 113 — 113 #889
1952 126 — 126 #809
1951 106 — 106 #874
1950 94 — 94 #923
1949 53 — 53 #1,256
1948 38 — 38 #1,507
1947 51 — 51 #1,277
1946 31 — 31 #1,598
1945 33 — 33 #1,409
1944 27 — 27 #1,587
1943 29 — 29 #1,571
1942 23 — 23 #1,780
1941 23 — 23 #1,669
1940 19 — 19 #1,867
1939 24 — 24 #1,562
1938 8 — 8 #3,247
1937 13 — 13 #2,368
1936 22 — 22 #1,613
1935 20 — 20 #1,749
1934 11 — 11 #2,628
1933 12 — 12 #2,448
1932 12 — 12 #2,544
1931 10 — 10 #2,815
1930 13 — 13 #2,485
1929 13 — 13 #2,484
1928 15 — 15 #2,317
1927 13 — 13 #2,603
1926 16 — 16 #2,296
1925 18 — 18 #2,156
1924 15 — 15 #2,449
1923 10 — 10 #3,185
1922 8 — 8 #3,736
1921 15 — 15 #2,432
1920 7 — 7 #4,066
1919 10 — 10 #3,079
1918 13 — 13 #2,571
1917 12 — 12 #2,594
1916 7 — 7 #3,633
1915 7 — 7 #3,526
1914 5 — 5 #3,722
1912 5 — 5 #3,087
1911 8 — 8 #1,872
1892 6 — 6 #1,440