Maranatha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mair-a-NATH-a
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Maranatha is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “our Lord, come”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Maranatha mean?
Aramaic
“our Lord, come”
An Aramaic phrase kept untranslated in Paul's First Letter to the Corinthians, used by early Christians as a prayer.
Is Maranatha a girl's or a boy's name?
Maranatha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maranatha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Maranatha, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th.
2025 had the most girls named Maranatha of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Maranatha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
How popular is Maranatha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,489th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Maranatha, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Maranatha in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maranatha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,213 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
Names like Maranatha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Prisha, Anaya, Anvika, Maryam, Maya, Hana, Raya, Arya, Khadija, Arisha, Amara
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso
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, “Maranatha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maranatha, updated 20 October 2026.