Mar
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Mar is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “sea”. In 2025 it ranked 1,703rd for girls in the US (120 babies).
What does Mar mean?
Spanish: Spanish word; often short for Maria del Mar
“sea”
Spanish for sea; it is often short for Maria del Mar, Mary of the Sea, a title of the Virgin Mary.
- Say it
- MAR
Is Mar a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Mar has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 120 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Mar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,703among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 120about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 477% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 120 girls in the US were named Mar, making it the 1,703rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. It first appears in the records in 1913. 9 boys were also named Mar in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Mar of any year since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Mar in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 93% of the babies named Mar in the US were girls.
Mar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,703 |
| 2024 | 56 | #2,930 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,466 |
| 2022 | 53 | #3,073 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,704 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,501 |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,193 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,596 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
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