Girls' name · since 1968
Marenda
134 babies named Marenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marenda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 134 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marenda has been recorded 134 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2007.
- #23,972 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 134 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marenda ranks #23,972 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 134 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,972 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 134
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marenda's 134 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marenda's full recorded timeline at 1980, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2007
- Peak year (1972)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Marenda by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (57 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Marenda's strongest decade.
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Marenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
26 births
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 57 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Marenda's decade-level peak was the 1970s (57 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Marenda: 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 (~39 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, 1968–2007 (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 Marenda 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.