Girls' name · since 1892
Marea
Marea has 620 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1972 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 620
- born since 1892
- 1970s
- peak decade
620 babies have been named Marea since 1892, making it today's #11980 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Marea recorded 620 times among girls since 1892, holding rank #11980 nationally today, ahead of 31% of girls, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1892 to 2025.
- #10,335 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,980 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 620 born since 1892
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marea ranks #10,335 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,980 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 620 born since 1892, peaking in the 1970s.
- #10,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,980 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 620
- born since 1892
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marea's 620 recorded births place it above 85.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
How Marea compares
620 Top 41% higher than 59% 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
Marea's all-time total is 65% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 620 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marea's full recorded timeline at 1977, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (1972)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Marea by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (101 births, 16% of the file).
1970s was Marea's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Marea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 10
1900s
10 births
- 1910s 21
1910s
21 births
- 1920s 40
1920s
40 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
58 births
- 1960s
1960s
81 births
- 1970s
1970s
101 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
73 births
- 2010s
2010s
61 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 101 births (16% of all-time use).
How Marea compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marea's total volume
Marea by state
Where Marea concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 620 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marea's data
- Marea's decade-level peak was the 1970s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Mareas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marea
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Marea 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.