Maren
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About Maren
Maren is one of the many twenty-first-century takes on Mary--but we find the more classic Marin spelling preferable. When spelled Maren, the pronunciation seems more clearly to resemble Mary, with the emphasis on the first syllable. Marin, the spelling also used for the beautiful coastal county north of San Francisco, is often pronounced with the emphasis on the second syllable, as in Marie.
Pronounced MAR-en.
As of October 2026, Maren ranked #472 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #437 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #140.
Editor's take: The name Maren is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "sea".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,158 | 214 | 119.8 |
| 2015 | #1,117 | 230 | 128.8 |
| 2016 | #942 | 291 | 164.2 |
| 2017 | #635 | 465 | 269.3 |
| 2018 | #606 | 498 | 292.8 |
| 2019 | #515 | 610 | 363.4 |
| 2020 | #437 | 703 | 434.9 |
| 2021 | #441 | 707 | 430.9 |
| 2022 | #502 | 630 | 384.1 |
| 2023 | #545 | 555 | 345.9 |
| 2024 | #570 | 529 | 326.5 |
| 2025 | #472 | 654 | 406.9 |
World rankings
Similar names
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- Delancy
- Jordie
- Bellamy
- Ellery
- Elora
- Selah
- Merrit
- Mara
- Darcy
- Nola
- Vada
- Auden
- Fallon
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Maren on lists
Famous Marens
- Maren Ade
German director and screenwriter
- Maren Larae Morris
American country music singer
- Maren Kawehilani Jensen
American actress and model
- Maren Cathrine Sars
Norwegian socialite
- Maren
Sofie Røstvig, Norwegian academic
- Maren Derlien
German rower
- Maren Virginia Mauer (b. 2013)
daughter of baseball player Joe Mauer; twin sister Emily Teresa
- Maran Nelson (note different spelling)
CEO/cofounder of Clara Labs
Maren in pop culture
- Maren Elizabeth
an alias of Six in the "I Am Number Four" series by Pittacus Lore