Marat

Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Marat has been given to 43 babies in the U.S. since 2003. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2009, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Marat, 2020

1 in 668,000

Marat over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marat: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marat means

Marat is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Marat is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 43 boys were recorded with the name Marat between 2003 and 2020. Its highest annual count was 8 in 2009; its best national rank was #9,268 in 2003.

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 Marat?

Marat had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2020, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2020: 1 in 668,000; 5 of 3,342,313 births
Among boys only: 1 in 345,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2020: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 463,344 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marat sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2020 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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 463,344 children born in 2020 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marat. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marats were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marat was born before 2013 — so the typical Marat is around 12 today.

Median birth year: 2013; About 12 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 53.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 43; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 53.5% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Marat 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2009 (8)
Years since peak: 16; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,268; 2003

Spellings of Marat

Marat is not the most common spelling — Mark is, with 71.5% against Marat's <0.01%.

Mark71.5%1,362,176
Mario7.9%151,310
Marc7.4%140,604
Marco4.0%76,578
Marty1.7%32,180
Matt1.3%23,887
Bart0.86%16,356
Mary0.80%15,173

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Marat around the world

Where Marat 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
2014–2024
#5,120
in 2024
Ireland
2010–2014
#715
in 2014
France
1902–2025
#5,122
in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Marat by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #9,268; 2003
Peak year: 2009; 8 that year
First recorded: 2003
Last recorded: 2020
All-time count: 43
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marat

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

Marsai Martae Mari Marta Marne Marla Marus Margo Marki Marken Markai Marceau Marti Mariel Marky Marik Marks Marcis Markal Marcal Marcon Marina Marsel Marce

Sibling names for Marat

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

For a sister

Diya Gisele Cailyn Shira Dalila Kylah Ireland Briley

For a brother

Aaden Chace Teagan Konner Jovani Braiden Draven Jerimiah

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