Recorded 1970–2020 Boys' name Peak 1979 399 births

Marico — boys' name

399 babies named Marico in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s1071980s1241990s1042000s462010s132020s5
1980s
Peak decade

31% of everyone ever named Marico was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

18 babies were named Marico in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Marico

The Social Security Administration has registered 399 babies named Marico between 1970 and 2020, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marico currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marico performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 124 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marico shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 87 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marico in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marico 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 399 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.

Marico at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

399

Since 1970

51 years of records

Peak year

1979

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1970

Recorded for 51 years

Last year on file: 2020

Marico popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1970

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (1979)
18
Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
05101520 202020061999199419891984197919741970 5

Marico by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
124 births that decade — 31% of Marico's all-time total
1970s1071980s1241990s1042000s462010s132020s5

Marico by state

Where Marico concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Marico
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Tennessee
87 21.8%
Tennessee share of Marico's total US births 21.8%

87 of 399 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marico?
399 babies have been named Marico since 1970. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 1979 with 18 births.
When was Marico most popular?
Marico was most popular in the 1980s decade with 124 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Marico most popular?
The top states for the name Marico are Tennessee (87 births).
How long has the name Marico been used?
Marico has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 51 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Marico?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mark, Martin, Marvin, Marcus, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.