Marah — #3904 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marah

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,347 babies named Marah between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marah currently holds the #3904 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 117 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 770 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 117 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Marah in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marah 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 2,347 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.