Unisex name · since 1917
Marris
Since 1917, U.S. Social Security records show 62 babies named Marris, peaking in 1940. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 62
- total births
- 1917–1972
- years on record
- 1930s
- peak decade
- 26%
- born in that decade
Marris is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 62 have been recorded since 1917.
Marris has 62 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 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1972.
- 62 total births
- 1917–1972 years on record
- 1930s peak decade
- 26% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marris's 62 recorded births place it above 54% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marris's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marris's full recorded timeline at 1934, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1940 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marris popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1972
- Peak year (1940)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Marris popularity over time - girls
6 total births recorded since 1998 (Marris as girls' name)
Marris by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1930s was Marris's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Marris births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
- 1940s
1940s
15 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 16 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Marris's decade-level peak was the 1930s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- 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, 1917–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marris: Baby Name Since 1917 - 62 Births, Peak 1940." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marris. 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 Marris 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.