Maren
#470 for girls in 2025, 654 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2020 · 703 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,059since 1916
Maren over time
Rank among girls' names. Maren has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #470 | 654 | — | |
| 2024 | #567 | 532 | — | |
| 2023 | #544 | 555 | — | |
| 2022 | #501 | 630 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #441 | 707 | — | |
| 2020 | #437 | 703 | — | |
| 2019 | #515 | 610 | — | |
| 2018 | #606 | 498 | — | |
| 2017 | #635 | 465 | — | |
| 2016 | #941 | 291 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,115 | 230 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,156 | 214 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,126 | 215 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,080 | 230 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,086 | 226 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,263 | 189 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,088 | 234 | — | |
| 2008 | #962 | 278 | — | |
| 2007 | #974 | 276 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,015 | 252 | — | |
| 2005 | #932 | 266 | — | |
| 2004 | #942 | 255 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,212 | 175 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,240 | 161 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,206 | 169 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,353 | 139 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,349 | 131 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,330 | 132 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,327 | 130 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,423 | 116 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,542 | 99 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,786 | 81 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 85 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,947 | 71 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,996 | 69 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,880 | 75 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,873 | 70 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,587 | 82 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,336 | 102 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,392 | 92 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,339 | 98 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,272 | 99 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 | — | |
| 1982 | #988 | 149 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,050 | 136 | — | |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 | — | |
| 1979 | #732 | 226 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,422 | 81 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,694 | 57 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,498 | 68 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,064 | 39 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,946 | 42 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,828 | 48 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,859 | 47 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,728 | 49 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,887 | 40 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,947 | 36 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,952 | 35 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,306 | 27 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,887 | 36 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,108 | 29 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,506 | 21 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,705 | 40 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,968 | 30 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,875 | 31 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,375 | 44 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,808 | 22 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,423 | 34 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,706 | 24 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,018 | 17 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,317 | 13 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,305 | 13 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,424 | 12 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | — | |
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| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | — | |
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| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | — | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
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| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
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| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Maren! It came in at #3,258, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1918, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Maren is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#282 · 1 in 1,299
- Iowa#344 · 1 in 1,960
- Minnesota#379 · 1 in 2,270
- Wisconsin#576 · 1 in 4,172
- Washington#808 · 1 in 5,726
Best ever in a state: #84 in Vermont, 2020.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #282 | 12 | 1 in 1,299 |
| Iowa | #344 | 7 | 1 in 1,960 |
| Minnesota | #379 | 11 | 1 in 2,270 |
| Wisconsin | #576 | 6 | 1 in 4,172 |
| Washington | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,726 |
| Ohio | #952 | 7 | 1 in 8,834 |
| Michigan | #990 | 6 | 1 in 8,660 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,143 | 5 | 1 in 11,653 |
| Illinois | #1,468 | 5 | 1 in 13,984 |
| California | #1,824 | 11 | 1 in 20,259 |
| Texas | #2,030 | 6 | 1 in 23,315 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maren
- 97 spots since 2024 (#567 → #470)
- 33 spots since 2020 (#437 → #470)
- 645 spots since 2015 (#1,115 → #470)
- Biggest jump: 690 spots in 1979 (#1,422 → #732)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1980 (#732 → #939)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 2020 at #437 (703 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 2016–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,300 girls born in 2020 were named Maren (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,458 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
- 29.0% of all girls named Maren (3,781) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,258 (1916) | #3,538 |
| 1920s | 45 | #2,780 (1922) | #3,477 |
| 1930s | 107 | #1,873 (1938) | #2,796 |
| 1940s | 251 | #1,423 (1943) | #1,760 |
| 1950s | 335 | #1,375 (1950) | #1,848 |
| 1960s | 344 | #1,728 (1969) | #2,053 |
| 1970s | 720 | #732 (1979) | #1,650 |
| 1980s | 1,099 | #939 (1980) | #1,295 |
| 1990s | 989 | #1,327 (1997) | #1,632 |
| 2000s | 2,205 | #932 (2005) | #1,092 |
| 2010s | 3,168 | #515 (2019) | #952 |
| 2020s | 3,781 | #437 (2020) | #493 |
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.
Maren in 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 13,390 of them was named Maren, which outranked 91.8% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,319Salina131
- #1,319Shivani131
- #1,319Simran131
- #1,327Maren130
- #1,327Areli130
- #1,327Demetria130
- #1,327Jaimie130
- #1,334Becky129
- #1,334Bree129
- #1,334Cailyn129
Tied with 6 names at #1,327; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.