Maren — #570 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Maren

The Social Security Administration has registered 12,401 babies named Maren between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maren currently holds the #570 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 707 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Maren performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,168 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Maren shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,000 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Maren in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Maren 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 12,401 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.