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Mar

#1,708 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Sea

Mar has been given to 1,188 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #1,708 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 120 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 79% girls, 21% boys all-time.

Babies named Mar, 2025

1 in 27,600

Mar over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
05010015018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Mar over time

In 2025, Mar went to 93% girls and 7% boys.

19132025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Mar: meaning, origin, and history

Sea

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Mar means

Mar means “sea”.

Origin, language, and formation

Mar is used in Norman.

Mar comes through Old French Marc.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marc.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 935 girls were recorded with the name Mar between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 120 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,708 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,774 in 2020 to #1,708 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,756 in 2015 to #1,708 in 2025.

In the United States, 253 boys were recorded with the name Mar between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2023; its best national rank was #3,016 in 1968.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Mar?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 27,600
120 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 13,400
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,708
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
19,150 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Mar sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 19,150 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Mar. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Mars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Mar was born before 2007 — so the typical Mar is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
37.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
711
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Choose a decade

2020s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (348).

Is Mar rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+1,258
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+4,066
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+7,048
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
9.23×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (120)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
41.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,708
2025

Where Mar is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Mar was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 157,431 across all states with data. It was least common in Arizona (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Texas1 in 100,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Mar is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Mar was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,558,013 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Mar has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Mar around the world

Where Mar ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2000–2021
    #4,634
    in 2021
  • Canada
    2021–2021
    #3,354
    in 2021

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Mar by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,708
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 4,066
Best rank ever
#1,708
2025
Peak year
2025
120 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
935
Count in 2025
120

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,665
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#3,016
1968
Peak year
2023
20 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
253
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Mar

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Mar

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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