Names / Girl names
Mara
Current rank
#589
holding steady
All-time peak
#538
in 1990
First recorded
1892
in U.S. data
Children named
24,000
since 1892
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #538 in 1990 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Mara first appears in American naming records in 1892, where it reads as a girls' name. As of the latest data it stands at #589, keeping its place. Its strongest year was 1990, at #538 nationally. Over 24,000 have carried it since records began.