Girls' name · since 1963
Marra
Marra has 344 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marra is the #13474 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 344 recorded since 1963.
Social Security Administration records show Marra recorded 344 times among girls since 1963, holding rank #13474 nationally today, ahead of 22% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #14,785 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,474 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 344 born since 1963
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marra ranks #14,785 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,474 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 344 born since 1963, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,785 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,474 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 344
- born since 1963
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marra's 344 recorded births place it above 79.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marra compares
344 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marra's all-time total is 9% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 344 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marra splits its recorded history at 2000: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1963 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Marra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (106 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Marra's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Marra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
50 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 106 births (31% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marra's data
- Marra's decade-level peak was the 2000s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- 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 Marra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Marra 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.