Girls' name · since 1977
Maresha
226 babies named Maresha in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maresha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 226 recorded since 1977.
Social Security Administration records show Maresha recorded 226 times among girls since 1977, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2003.
- #18,579 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 226 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maresha ranks #18,579 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 226 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,579 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 226
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Maresha's 226 recorded births place it above 74.3% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maresha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maresha's full recorded timeline at 1990, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maresha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2003
- Peak year (1992)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Maresha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (123 births, 54% of the file).
1990s was Maresha's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Maresha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
123 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 123 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Maresha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 15 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 Maresha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1977–2003 (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 Maresha 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.