Marah
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Marah is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Marah mean?
Arabic
A female given name from Arabic, from Arabic, which means merriness, cheerfulness.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marah a girl's or a boy's name?
Marah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Marah, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 122 girls in the UK were given Marah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #387, up from #4,935 for this spelling alone.
- Mara 118
- Marah 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Marah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 2 | #7,433 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Marah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Marah, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 117 girls. It first appears in the records in 1964.
2025 had fewer girls named Marah than any year since 1986.
Half of all the girls named Marah in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 522 girls in the US were given Marah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #571, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
Marah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 32 | #4,361 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 27 | #4,886 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 37 | #4,001 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,955 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,495 |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,408 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,802 |
| 2007 | 65 | #2,787 |
| 2006 | 68 | #2,631 |
| 2005 | 70 | #2,478 |
| 2004 | 117 | #1,653 |
| 2003 | 95 | #1,914 |
| 2002 | 87 | #2,002 |
| 2001 | 90 | #1,918 |
| 2000 | 77 | #2,099 |
| 1999 | 56 | #2,524 |
| 1998 | 82 | #1,864 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,755 |
| 1996 | 63 | #2,148 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 49 | #2,536 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 110 | #1,439 |
| 1990 | 107 | #1,452 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,729 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,294 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
Names like Marah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zainab Safa Ayah Aaliyah Farah Hiba Summer Hafsa Sumayyah Hibah Nusaybah Musfirah
Other spellings of Marah
Names related to Marah
Maria Marwa Maira Mahira Mariya Mariah Mayra Mariyah Maura Mar
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marah, updated 20 October 2026.