Recorded 1991–2019 Boys' name Peak 2008 124 births

Maor — boys' name

124 babies named Maor in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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The verdict

124 boys have been named Maor since 1991, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.

124
total births
1991–2019
years on record
2000s
peak decade
49%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

49% of everyone ever named Maor was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

13 babies were named Maor in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Maor

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Maor between 1991 and 2019, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Maor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maor performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Maor shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maor in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 124 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Maor at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

124

Since 1991

29 years of records

Peak year

2008

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1991

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2019

Maor popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1991

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2008)
13
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
468101214 2019201520112008200520011991 5

Maor by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
61 births that decade — 49% of Maor's all-time total
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Maor by state

Where Maor concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Maor
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 4.8%
New York share of Maor's total US births 4.8%

6 of 124 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Maor?
124 babies have been named Maor since 1991. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2008 with 13 births.
When was Maor most popular?
Maor was most popular in the 2000s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Maor most popular?
The top states for the name Maor are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Maor been used?
Maor has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 29 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Maor?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mao. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.