Mare — boys' name

What the Data Says About Mare

The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Mare between 1947 and 1989, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Mare currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mare performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Mare shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mare in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mare 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 331 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.