NameTides

Maren

Maren was the #470 girls' name in the US in 2025 (654 babies), and #5,927 in England & Wales and #523 in Canada.

Maren as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Maren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Maren as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#470 (654)#5,927 (3)#780 (3)#523 (58)
2024#567 (532)#4,193 (5)—#631 (46)
2023#544 (555)#2,928 (8)—#666 (43)
2022#501 (630)#4,646 (4)#760 (3)#538 (53)
2021#441 (707)#3,519 (6)—#521 (56)
2020#437 (703)#5,493 (3)#765 (3)#714 (40)
2019#515 (610)#4,686 (4)—#617 (50)
2018#606 (498)#3,518 (6)—#690 (42)
2017#635 (465)#5,765 (3)—#720 (40)
2016#941 (291)——#1,075 (24)
2015#1,115 (230)#4,736 (4)—#1,157 (21)
2014#1,156 (214)——#1,035 (25)
2013#1,126 (215)#4,739 (4)—#1,512 (15)
2012#1,080 (230)——#1,194 (21)
2011#1,086 (226)——#1,021 (25)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #437.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,500 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 2,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 83,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Maren is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 3,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Maren by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #153MEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #149NHWashington: #343WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #356MNIllinois: #384ILMichigan: #316MINew York: #585NYMassachusetts: #313MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #165IAIndiana: #201INOhio: #217OHPennsylvania: #647PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: #322CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #889CAUtah: #310UTColorado: #337CONebraska: #200NEMissouri: #350MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #184KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #405NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #645GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #799TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Maren (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#74216

Maren (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
MarenCanadaGirls#52358
MarenEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
MarenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarenScotlandGirls#7803
MarenUSGirls#470654
MarenUSBoys—too few