Mar

girls’ name · 77%boys’ name · 23%At its peakCompare

Mar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 55 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 550.00% of girls
Peak year: 202372 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1913: 1,057people given the name

Babies named Mar, by year of birthgirlsboys

The story in the numbers

813 girls have been named Mar in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 72 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2020s alone account for 28%.

Mar is used for both sexes: 23% of its bearers are boys (244), most of them born around 2023.

By decade

Decade	girls named Mar
1910s	36
1920s	79
1930s	53
1940s	56
1950s	69
1960s	36
1970s	6
1980s	9
1990s	48
2000s	100
2010s	94
2020s	227

In 2023, its biggest year

Mar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2023 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2023.

Names that rose and fell with Mar

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.