Marah

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marah: Recorded since 1996, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #3,447 in 2020, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
11times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#3447highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Marah's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
2009	#5556
2010	#5707
2011	#3549
2012	#4838
2014	#3514
2019	#4686
2020	#3447
2021	#5581
2023	#5687
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #3447 among girls in England and Wales, in 2020 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marah in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010sbusiest	23	5 of 10	5
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3447 in England and Wales in 2020.

Marah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 11 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,447, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Maple · #790, 16y
Mara · #102, 30y
Maram · #871, 25y
Marc · #73, 61y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Abigel · #3447, 14y
Azara · #3447, 12y
Duru · #3447, 13y
Mame · #3447, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Sabira · #3409, 12y
Temilade · #3409, 12y
Tirzah · #3397, 14y
Viva · #3518, 11y

Marah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marah without appearing here.

Marah moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Kristine Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4686 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #5493.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Marah

Fiadh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3514 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #1063.
Meabh Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #2314.
Cooper Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #5581.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3447 in England and Wales in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marah

Marah at a glance

What stands out in Marah's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marah appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Marah and the names beside it

Marah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marah

Marah at a glance

What stands out in Marah's record

Marah by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marah appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Marah and the names beside it

Marah moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Marah