Maren
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
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.
Maren is also given to boys.
Pronounced MAR-en.
As of October 2026, Maren ranked #472 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #437 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #150.
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
Maren for girls
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- Maren AdeGirl
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American actress and model
- Maren Cathrine SarsGirl
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- Maren DerlienGirl
German rower
- Maren Virginia Mauer (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of baseball player Joe Mauer; twin sister Emily Teresa
- Maran Nelson (note different spelling)Girl
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Maren in pop culture
- Maren ElizabethGirl
an alias of Six in the "I Am Number Four" series by Pittacus Lore