Maren
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Scandinavian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #470 for girls
Maren is a girls' name of Scandinavian origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 470th for girls in the US (654 babies).
What does Maren mean?
Scandinavian
A female given name from Danish.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Maren a girl's or a boy's name?
Maren is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 654 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maren in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Maren, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Maren in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Maren in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 2 | #7,797 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 2 | #7,447 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Maren in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 470th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 654 about 1 in 2,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 654 girls in the US were named Maren, making it the 470th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 437th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 707 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
Half of all the girls named Maren in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 764 girls in the US were given Maren or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #430, up from #470 for this spelling alone.
Maren in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 654 | #470 |
| 2024 | 532 | #567 |
| 2023 | 555 | #544 |
| 2022 | 630 | #501 |
| 2021 | 707 | #441 |
| 2020 | 703 | #437 |
| 2019 | 610 | #515 |
| 2018 | 498 | #606 |
| 2017 | 465 | #635 |
| 2016 | 291 | #941 |
| 2015 | 230 | #1,115 |
| 2014 | 214 | #1,156 |
| 2013 | 215 | #1,126 |
| 2012 | 230 | #1,080 |
| 2011 | 226 | #1,086 |
| 2010 | 189 | #1,263 |
| 2009 | 234 | #1,088 |
| 2008 | 278 | #962 |
| 2007 | 276 | #974 |
| 2006 | 252 | #1,015 |
| 2005 | 266 | #932 |
| 2004 | 255 | #942 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,211 |
| 2002 | 161 | #1,239 |
| 2001 | 169 | #1,205 |
| 2000 | 139 | #1,351 |
| 1999 | 131 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 132 | #1,328 |
| 1997 | 130 | #1,325 |
| 1996 | 116 | #1,421 |
| 1995 | 99 | #1,538 |
| 1994 | 81 | #1,781 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 75 | #1,876 |
| 1989 | 70 | #1,868 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,586 |
| 1987 | 102 | #1,335 |
| 1986 | 92 | #1,392 |
| 1985 | 98 | #1,338 |
| 1984 | 99 | #1,272 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 149 | #988 |
| 1981 | 136 | #1,050 |
| 1980 | 159 | #939 |
| 1979 | 226 | #732 |
| 1978 | 81 | #1,422 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,682 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 68 | #1,498 |
| 1974 | 50 | #1,772 |
| 1973 | 39 | #2,064 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 48 | #1,828 |
| 1970 | 47 | #1,859 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,728 |
| 1968 | 40 | #1,887 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,947 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,888 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,116 |
| 1960 | 36 | #1,886 |
| 1959 | 29 | #2,107 |
| 1958 | 21 | #2,505 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,704 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,967 |
| 1955 | 46 | #1,497 |
| 1954 | 31 | #1,874 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 34 | #1,679 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 44 | #1,374 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,916 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,859 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,807 |
| 1943 | 34 | #1,422 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,705 |
| 1941 | 17 | #2,018 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,317 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,304 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,829 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
Names like Maren
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden, Mia, Myla, Margot, Autumn, Mila, Willow, Maeve, Harper, Freya, Thea, Scarlett
Other spellings of Maren
Names related to Maren
Marnie, Marina, Marni, Marian, Mahreen, Marion, Maureen, Maryn
More Scandinavian names
Kaia, Jenson, Jensen, Gustavo, Anders, Stellan, Iverson, Kari, Kaja, Larson, Olsen, Nea, Ronya, Jensyn, Soley, Loa
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, “Maren: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maren, updated 20 October 2026.