Girls' name · since 1970
Marae
237 babies named Marae in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marae sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 237 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marae has been recorded 237 times among girls since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2022.
- #18,127 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 237 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marae ranks #18,127 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 237 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,127 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 237
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marae's 237 recorded births place it above 74.93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marae's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marae's full recorded timeline at 2004, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marae popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2022
- Peak year (2005)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Marae by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (88 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Marae's strongest decade.
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Marae births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s
2000s
88 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 88 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Marae's decade-level peak was the 2000s (88 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Marae: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~52 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, 1970–2022 (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 Marae 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.