How Many People Are Named Marah?

2,326

people named Marah are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 146,941 people in the US has this name

Based on 2,365 babies named Marah in Social Security records from 1964 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,122

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,419

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Peak Year

2004

117 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Marah in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Marah alive today is about 25 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 1,528
65.7%
30 to 59 794
34.1%
60 and over 4
0.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Marah first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 2004, to 117 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Marah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,444, in 1991. In 2025 it ranked #6,727.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,727
Best rank#1,444 (1991)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#2,335 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Marah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Marah were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marah was given 4.6 times as often in Ohio, 3.7 times in Pennsylvania and 2.9 times in Georgia.

Ohio 115
Pennsylvania 89
Georgia 53
New York 53
Florida 51
Michigan 49
Texas 43
Indiana 34
California 30
Wisconsin 25
Tennessee 24
Minnesota 18
Missouri 15
Illinois 11
Kansas 5
West Virginia 5

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