Girls' name · since 2003
Marai
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 92 babies named Marai, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marai is the #10569 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 92 recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Marai recorded 92 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #10569 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #28,063 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,569 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 92 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marai ranks #28,063 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,569 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 92 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #28,063 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,569 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 92
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marai's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marai compares
92 23rd percentile among 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
Marai's all-time total is 76% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 92 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marai's full recorded timeline at 2014, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2003, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Marai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (50 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Marai's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Marai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 50 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Marai's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (50 total births) through the 2020s (19) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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 Marai: 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 (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Marai 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.