Boys' name · since 1970
Marico
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.
- #9,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 399
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marico sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 399 recorded since 1970.
Marico has 399 recorded births among boys since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2020.
- #9,040 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 399 born since 1970
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marico ranks #9,040 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 399 born since 1970, peaking in the 1980s.
- #9,040 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 399
- born since 1970
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marico's 399 recorded births place it above 80.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Tennessee.
Marico's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marico's full recorded timeline at 1990, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marico popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2020
- Peak year (1979)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Marico by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (124 births, 31% of the file).
1980s was Marico's strongest decade.
124 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Marico births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
107 births
- 1980s
1980s
124 births
- 1990s
1990s
104 births
- 2000s 46
2000s
46 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 124 births (31% of all-time use).
Marico by state
Where Marico concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Tennessee | | 87 | 21.8% |
87 of 399 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marico's data
- Marico's decade-level peak was the 1980s (124 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Tennessee records the most Maricos (87 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Tennessee 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 Marico: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1970–2020 (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 Marico 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.