Mar

#1,703 for girls in 2025, 120 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 78.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 120 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
935
since 1913

Mar over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #2,821, 1913girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,703120#8,2439
2024#2,93056#7,76510
2023#2,46672#4,88620
2022#3,07353#6,14714
2021#4,96426#9,7147
2020#5,66721
2019#9,11211
2018#9,15111
2017#10,6899
2016#7,98814
2015#8,44713
2014#10,9559
2013#11,0009
2012#12,1998
2011#16,7645
2010#14,9596
2009#10,67910#12,4915
2008#13,8327
2007#7,73316
2006#9,90111#9,5857
2005#13,0107
2004#8,71612
2003#7,99813
2002#8,83711#10,6675
2001#11,0208
2000#15,0315
1999#8,80510
1998#11,1387#7,5607
1997#13,7245
1996
1995#9,5538#6,9927
1994#9,5868
1993
1992#13,3175
1991#13,1475
1990
1989
1988
1987#6,9515
1986#5,9266
1985#6,9559#5,1477
1984
1983
1982#4,5938
1981#5,4686
1980#4,9407
1979#4,8427
1978#5,7725
1977#8,4446#5,1236
1976#3,7249
1975#3,9418
1974
1973#5,1015
1972
1971#4,9075
1970#3,2829
1969#7,4715
1968#2,9079
1967#4,9828
1966#5,2737#3,2497
1965
1964
1963#4,0485
1962#6,5785
1961#5,8516#3,3567
1960#6,3905#4,0385
1959#3,10415#3,0378
1958#5,4086#3,0338
1957#3,2577
1956#3,69611
1955#3,77810#2,9648
1954#5,7535
1953#3,9559
1952#4,4837
1951
1950#4,7386
1949#4,2357
1948
1947#3,7069
1946
1945#4,0256
1944#3,1399
1943#3,4938
1942#2,98610
1941
1940#3,5037
1939#3,4297
1938#3,1818
1937#3,4347
1936#4,1815
1935#3,4317
1934#3,4497
1933
1932#4,4115
1931#3,4977
1930
1929#2,19115
1928#2,19416
1927#2,85911
1926#4,3066
1925
1924#5,0615
1923#4,9675
1922#4,0117
1921#4,4646
1920#3,5988
1919#3,4528
1918#2,82211
1917#4,5945
1916
1915#3,4347
1914
1913#3,1875#2,8215
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First appearance
1913

The first year at least five girls were named Mar! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Mar
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 1,227 spots since 2024 (#2,930#1,703)
  • 3,964 spots since 2020 (#5,667#1,703)
  • 6,744 spots since 2015 (#8,447#1,703)
Rise & fade · girls
112 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1913
  • Peaked 2025 at #1,703 (120 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13,394
  • Highest: 1 in 13,394 girls born in 2025 were named Mar (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 37.2% of all girls named Mar (348) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1991
  • Mostly boys until 1990, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s36#2,822 (1918)#3,498
1920s79#2,191 (1929)#3,739
1930s53#3,181 (1938)#3,627
1940s56#2,986 (1942)#3,584
1950s69#3,104 (1959)#4,364
1960s36#4,982 (1967)#6,091
1970s6#8,444 (1977)#8,444
1980s9#6,955 (1985)#6,955
1990s48#8,805 (1999)#11,324
2000s100#7,733 (2007)#10,676
2010s95#7,988 (2016)#11,126
2020s348#1,703 (2025)#3,467

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mar in 1913

girls
#3,187
5 births · 1 in 124,909 girls
boys
#2,821
5 births · 1 in 102,513 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #3,187Mar5

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #2,821Mar5
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 124,909 of them was named Mar, which outranked 14.0% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mar
  1. #2,827Zoma6
  2. #2,827Zuma6
  3. #2,827Zylpha6
  4. #3,187Mar5
  5. #3,187Adalyn5
  6. #3,187Adam5
  7. #3,187Adlee5

Tied with 520 names at #3,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 102,513 of them was named Mar, which outranked 13.5% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mar
  1. #2,496Zaragoza6
  2. #2,496Zenon6
  3. #2,496Zollie6
  4. #2,821Mar5
  5. #2,821Abb5
  6. #2,821Abbott5
  7. #2,821Abney5

Tied with 440 names at #2,821; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913