Girls' name · since 1989
Marrah
Marrah has 90 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 90
- total births
- 1989–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 44%
- born in that decade
Marrah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 90 recorded since 1989.
Social Security Administration records show Marrah recorded 90 times among girls since 1989, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1989 to 2021.
- 90 total births
- 1989–2021 years on record
- 2000s peak decade
- 44% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marrah's 90 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marrah splits its recorded history at 2004: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1991 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marrah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2021
- Peak year (2004)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Marrah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2000s was Marrah's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Marrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 40 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Marrah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (40 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.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1989–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marrah: Baby Name Since 1989 - 90 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marrah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marrah 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 July 2026.