Girls' name · since 1972
Maranatha
Since 1972, U.S. Social Security records show 417 babies named Maranatha, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 417
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
417 babies have been named Maranatha since 1972, making it today's #7597 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maranatha has been recorded 417 times among girls since 1972, currently ranked #7597 nationally and more common than 56% 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 1972 to 2025.
- #13,194 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,597 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 417 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maranatha ranks #13,194 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,597 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 417 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,194 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,597 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 417
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maranatha's 417 recorded births place it above 81.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Maranatha compares
417 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Maranatha's all-time total is 11% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maranatha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 417 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maranatha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maranatha's full recorded timeline at 2001, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maranatha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Maranatha popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Maranatha as boys' name)
Maranatha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (97 births, 23% of the file).
2020s was Maranatha's strongest decade.
97 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Maranatha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
54 births
- 1990s
1990s
51 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s
2020s
97 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 97 births (23% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maranatha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1972–2025 (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 Maranatha 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.