Mara

• Same eraNoemiLike Mara, it was given most in the 2000s.#583 · rising
• Same rhythmChayaSame beat as Mara: two syllables, stress on the first, ending on a vowel sound, but it starts differently.#587 · steady
• ShorterAnneOne syllable to Mara's two, so you can tell them apart when you call both.#619 · steady
• LongerAliaThree syllables to Mara's two: a long name beside a short one keeps them distinct.#587 · steady
• RiskyMayaOne letter away from Mara. You'll call the wrong one for years.#62 · steady

Suggestions come from names in this year's top 1,000. Rhythm and rhyme are judged from each name's pronunciation (Wiktionary's, or espeak's reading of the spelling), so a few calls may be off.