NameTides

Mara

Mara was the #587 girls' name in the US in 2025 (499 babies), and #538 in England & Wales and #590 in Canada.

Mara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Mara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Mara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#587 (499)#538 (74)#113 (39)#290 (5)#325 (12)#590 (51)
2024#588 (515)#369 (118)#102 (42)#337 (4)#223 (19)#503 (59)
2023#581 (516)#516 (76)#123 (34)#328 (4)#404 (9)#493 (59)
2022#620 (478)#526 (74)#139 (31)—#357 (11)#450 (66)
2021#540 (568)#449 (97)#164 (26)—#284 (15)#442 (69)
2020#626 (463)#505 (80)#241 (15)#333 (4)#444 (8)#547 (53)
2019#663 (439)#432 (97)#224 (18)#336 (4)#716 (4)#623 (49)
2018#676 (432)#587 (70)#244 (16)#361 (4)#336 (13)#545 (57)
2017#668 (440)#740 (54)#237 (18)—#471 (8)#680 (43)
2016#684 (427)#605 (70)#453 (7)—#448 (9)#688 (43)
2015#736 (383)#831 (45)#340 (11)—#660 (5)#700 (41)
2014#692 (409)#907 (41)#365 (10)—#876 (3)#792 (35)
2013#742 (366)#900 (41)#413 (8)—#894 (3)#758 (37)
2012#797 (336)#1,075 (32)#426 (8)—#677 (5)#710 (40)
2011#846 (312)#1,295 (24)#579 (5)——#625 (46)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #540.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1892.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,200 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,200uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 460common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mara is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,900 to 1 in 3,800.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #364WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #478WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #180MNIllinois: #344ILMichigan: #306MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #139SDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #511INOhio: #323OHPennsylvania: #428PANew Jersey: #718NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #565CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #456CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,037VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #983TNNorth Carolina: #729NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #915GAHawaii: #168HITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #864FL
Mara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48326
Quebec2025#6696

Mara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaraCanadaGirls#59051
MaraEngland & WalesGirls#53874
MaraIrelandGirls#32512
MaraNorthern IrelandGirls#2905
MaraScotlandGirls#11339
MaraUSGirls#587499
MaraUSBoys—too few