Girls' name · since 1938
Marua
Marua has 75 recorded births since 1938 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1938 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 75
- total births
- 1938–1968
- years on record
- 1950s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Marua is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 75 have been recorded since 1938.
Social Security Administration records show Marua recorded 75 times among girls since 1938, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 1968.
- 75 total births
- 1938–1968 years on record
- 1950s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marua's 75 recorded births place it above 58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marua's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marua's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1938 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marua popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–1968
- Peak year (1938)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Marua by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1950s was Marua's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Marua births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 16
1940s
16 births
- 1950s
1950s
41 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 41 births (55% of all-time use).
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- Marua's decade-level peak was the 1950s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1960s -- 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, 1938–1968 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marua: Baby Name Since 1938 - 75 Births, Peak 1938." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marua. 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 Marua 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.