Names / Boy names
Mare
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#1,843
in 1969
First recorded
1947
in U.S. data
Children named
339
since 1947
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #1,843 in 1969 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Sea (Latin root), also female horse word. Stateside, it enters U.S. records in 1947. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Roughly 339 people have been given the name to date — a true rarity.