Unisex name · since 1913
Mar
935 babies named Mar in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 935
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
935 babies have been named Mar since 1913, making it today's #1705 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mar has been recorded 935 times among girls since 1913, currently ranked #1705 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #7,868 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,705 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 935 born since 1913
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mar ranks #7,868 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,705 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 935 born since 1913, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,868 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,705 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 935
- born since 1913
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mar's 935 recorded births place it above 89.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Mar compares
935 Top 33% higher than 67% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Mar's all-time total is 149% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mar | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 935 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 120 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Mar splits its recorded history at 1962: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1913 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 120 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Mar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 120
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Mar popularity over time - boys
253 total births recorded since 1913 (Mar as boys' name)
Mar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (348 births, 37% of the file).
2020s was Mar's strongest decade.
348 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Mar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 36
1910s
36 births
- 1920s 79
1920s
79 births
- 1930s 53
1930s
53 births
- 1940s 56
1940s
56 births
- 1950s 69
1950s
69 births
- 1960s 36
1960s
36 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 100
2000s
100 births
- 2010s 95
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
348 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 348 births (37% of all-time use).
How Mar compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Mar's total volume
Mar by state
Where Mar concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 97 | 10.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 81 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 40 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 8 | 0.9% |
97 of 935 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Mar's data
- California records the most Mars (97 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~112 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Mar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.