Girls' name · since 1915
Marena
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 1,292 babies named Marena, peaking in 1994. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,292
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marena currently ranks #7524 among girls' names in America, with 1,292 babies recorded since 1915.
Marena has 1,292 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #7524 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #6,310 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,524 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,292 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marena ranks #6,310 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,524 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,292 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,310 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,524 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,292
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marena's 1,292 recorded births place it above 91.27% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marena compares
1,292 Top 28% higher than 72% 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
Marena's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,292 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 75 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marena splits its recorded history at 1979: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 75 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 75
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Marena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (443 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Marena's strongest decade.
443 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Marena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 17
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
- 1930s 22
1930s
22 births
- 1940s 49
1940s
49 births
- 1950s 94
1950s
94 births
- 1960s 96
1960s
96 births
- 1970s 53
1970s
53 births
- 1980s 124
1980s
124 births
- 1990s
1990s
443 births
- 2000s
2000s
247 births
- 2010s 76
2010s
76 births
- 2020s 61
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 443 births (34% of all-time use).
How Marena 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 Marena's total volume
Marena by state
Where Marena concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 78 | 6.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 23 | 1.8% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.4% |
78 of 1,292 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Marena's data
- Marena's decade-level peak was the 1990s (443 total births); usage has since declined to 61 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marenas (78 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 Marena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Marena 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.