Girls' name · since 1916
Maren
13,059 babies named Maren in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,059
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maren is the #470 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 13,059 recorded since 1916.
Maren has 13,059 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #470 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #1,416 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #470 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 13,059 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maren ranks #1,416 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #470 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 13,059 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,416 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #470 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 13,059
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Maren's 13,059 recorded births place it above 98.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Maren compares
13,059 Top 8% higher than 92% 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
Maren's all-time total is 35x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maren | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 13,059 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 707 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maren's full recorded timeline at 1974, 90% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 10% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1921, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 707 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maren popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 707
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Maren popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Maren as boys' name)
Maren by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (3,781 births, 29% of the file).
2020s was Maren's strongest decade.
3,781 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Maren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 45
1920s
45 births
- 1930s 107
1930s
107 births
- 1940s 251
1940s
251 births
- 1950s 335
1950s
335 births
- 1960s 344
1960s
344 births
- 1970s 720
1970s
720 births
- 1980s 1,099
1980s
1,099 births
- 1990s 989
1990s
989 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,205 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,168 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,781 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 3,781 births (29% of all-time use).
How Maren 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 Maren's total volume
Maren by state
Where Maren concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,033 | 7.9% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 894 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Utah | | 662 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Texas | | 596 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 577 | 4.4% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 429 | 3.3% |
| #7 | New York | | 364 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Washington | | 353 | 2.7% |
1,033 of 13,059 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Maren appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Marens (1,033 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Maren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Maren 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.