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Girl's name · #589 in the US (2025) · Trending
Mara is climbing: on the charts since 1892, it is ranked #589 in 2025, with about 500 girls given the name last year. Roughly 24,000 have carried it all-time.
In recent years, Mara ran about 4× its national rate in Minnesota and South Dakota.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#43 in Croatia (2025) · #58 in Switzerland (2025) · #77 in Netherlands (2025) · #78 in Austria (2025) · #113 in Scotland (2025) · #154 in Ecuador (2025) · #206 in Belgium (2025) · #223 in Slovenia (2025) · #315 in N. Ireland (2025) · #345 in Ireland (2025) · #540 in England & Wales (2025) · #684 in France (2025) and 2 more.
Among 633 notable people named Mara:
Entertainers appear 1.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Mara Wilson, American actress.
Similar names: Marie · Noemi · Maia · Lara · Ellianna · Dara
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