How popular is the name Mara?

Mara ranks 835th among girls' names in US records, with 23,923 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,695.

Is Mara a unisex name?

No. Mara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2021, when 573 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#835 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R AH0 (ARPABET)

Mara is a girls' name, and first appears in 1892. It has been given to 23,923 children — the 835th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2021, when 573 children were given it.

2021Girls: 573Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Mara?: Mara ranks 835th among girls' names in US records, with 23,923 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 4,695.
Is Mara a unisex name?: No. Mara is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Mara most popular?: 2021, when 573 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.