Boys' name · since 1972
Marus
Marus has 35 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 35
- total births
- 1972–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
Marus is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 35 have been recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Marus recorded 35 times among boys since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1986.
- 35 total births
- 1972–1986 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marus's 35 recorded births place it above 45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marus's full recorded timeline at 1983, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1986
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Marus by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1980s was Marus's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Marus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 19 births (54% of all-time use).
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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, 1972–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marus: Baby Name Since 1972 - 35 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marus. 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 Marus 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.