Boys' name · since 1917
Maro
Maro has 75 recorded births since 1917 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,369 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Maro sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 75 recorded since 1917.
Maro has 75 recorded births among boys since 1917, 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 1917 to 2024.
- #19,369 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 75 born since 1917
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maro ranks #19,369 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1917, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,369 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 75
- born since 1917
- 1980s
- peak decade
Maro's 75 recorded births place it above 57.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maro's full recorded timeline at 1983, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–2024
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Maro by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (36 births, 48% of the file).
1980s was Maro's strongest decade.
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Maro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
36 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 36 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Maro's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (36 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Maro: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~107 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, 1917–2024 (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 Maro 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.