Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mara” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mara” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mara” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Mara” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Mara” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Mara” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Mara” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mara” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1892 6 0.000017944 6 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1914 5 0.00000353 5 100%
1915 7 0.00000382 7 100%
1916 7 0.000003619 7 100%
1917 12 0.00000598 12 100%
1918 13 0.000005988 13 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 7 0.000003094 7 100%
1921 15 0.000006425 15 100%
1922 8 0.000003495 8 100%
1923 10 0.000004343 10 100%
1924 15 0.000006298 15 100%
1925 18 0.000007714 18 100%
1926 16 0.000006969 16 100%
1927 13 0.000005605 13 100%
1928 15 0.000006634 15 100%
1929 13 0.00000593 13 100%
1930 13 0.000005847 13 100%
1931 10 0.000004752 10 100%
1932 12 0.000005684 12 100%
1933 12 0.000006002 12 100%
1934 11 0.000005297 11 100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 100%
1936 22 0.000010589 22 100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 100%
1938 8 0.000003616 8 100%
1939 24 0.000010892 24 100%
1940 19 0.000008251 19 100%
1941 23 0.00000944 23 100%
1942 23 0.000008419 23 100%
1943 29 0.000010274 29 100%
1944 27 0.000010037 27 100%
1945 33 0.000012439 33 100%
1946 31 0.000009702 31 100%
1947 51 0.000014158 51 100%
1948 38 0.000011006 38 100%
1949 53 0.000015209 53 100%
1950 94 0.000026831 94 100%
1951 106 0.000028775 106 100%
1952 126 0.000033175 126 100%
1953 113 0.000029323 113 100%
1954 176 0.000044213 176 100%
1955 163 0.000040597 163 100%
1956 180 0.000043657 180 100%
1957 150 0.000035696 150 100%
1958 170 0.000041123 170 100%
1959 139 0.00003343 139 100%
1960 152 0.000036593 152 100%
1961 186 0.000044903 186 100%
1962 168 0.000041632 168 100%
1963 171 0.000043201 171 100%
1964 179 0.000046044 179 100%
1965 194 0.000053511 194 100%
1966 185 0.000053227 185 100%
1967 227 0.000066865 227 100%
1968 221 0.000065415 221 100%
1969 258 0.000074238 258 100%
1970 286 0.000079301 286 100%
1971 267 0.000077789 267 100%
1972 270 0.000085905 270 100%
1973 242 0.000080215 242 100%
1974 227 0.000074671 227 100%
1975 237 0.000078493 237 100%
1976 286 0.000094256 286 100%
1977 236 0.000074296 236 100%
1978 273 0.000086015 273 100%
1979 242 0.000072738 242 100%
1980 259 0.000075192 259 100%
1981 237 0.000068509 237 100%
1982 244 0.000069556 239 5 96%
1983 247 0.000071318 241 6 95%
1984 230 0.000065926 230 100%
1985 203 0.000056877 203 100%
1986 204 0.00005735 204 100%
1987 269 0.000074606 269 100%
1988 331 0.000089579 331 100%
1989 415 0.000107948 410 5 98%
1990 443 0.000112082 443 100%
1991 400 0.000102689 400 100%
1992 371 0.000096583 371 100%
1993 375 0.000099462 375 100%
1994 370 0.000099525 370 100%
1995 350 0.000095572 350 100%
1996 393 0.000107754 393 100%
1997 412 0.000113632 412 100%
1998 411 0.000111739 411 100%
1999 363 0.000098271 363 100%
2000 418 0.000110585 418 100%
2001 405 0.000108191 405 100%
2002 420 0.000112351 420 100%
2003 417 0.00010967 417 100%
2004 427 0.000111753 427 100%
2005 415 0.000107937 415 100%
2006 415 0.000104899 415 100%
2007 389 0.000097306 389 100%
2008 355 0.000090316 355 100%
2009 377 0.000098687 377 100%
2010 308 0.000083339 308 100%
2011 312 0.000085297 312 100%
2012 335 0.000091596 335 100%
2013 366 0.000100393 366 100%
2014 409 0.00011035 409 100%
2015 383 0.000103488 383 100%
2016 427 0.00011639 427 100%
2017 440 0.000123036 440 100%
2018 431 0.000122586 431 100%
2019 438 0.000126191 438 100%
2020 463 0.000138599 463 100%
2021 568 0.000167653 568 100%
2022 478 0.000141289 478 100%
2023 515 0.000155533 515 100%
2024 514 0.000154424 514 100%

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