Maren
Maren was the 472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 654 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 438th; the most babies were born in 2021 (707). Over the last ten years it has moved up 645 places. More babies were named Maren in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning of the sea (Danish form of Marina) · Danish, Latin
Say it MAIR-un /ˈmɛrən/
- Rank in 2025
- #472 girls, down 34 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 654girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2021707 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,064babies recorded
What does the name Maren mean?
Maren is a Danish and Norwegian name, from Latin Marina, as Wiktionary notes. DMNES derives Marina from Latin marinus, "of the sea", and lists early saints; it records Marine in a Danish source of 1581. Wiktionary adds that Marina may also have been treated as a form of Maria. Maren is used in Scandinavian families and increasingly in the US.
marīnus (Latin, “of the sea”)
How sure is this? Probable. From Marina; the 'sea' meaning applies to Marina, which may also have mixed with Maria.
Related names: Marina, Marin, Maria.
See also: Latin names, names that mean water.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Maren', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources (ed. S. L. Uckelman), Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Marina', DMNES, Durham University
- Wiktionary, entry 'Marina', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
Maren popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 2022.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #472 | 654 |
| 2020 | #438 | 703 |
| 2010 | #1,267 | 189 |
| 2000 | #1,355 | 139 |
| 1990 | #1,887 | 75 |
| 1980 | #943 | 159 |
| 1970 | #1,871 | 47 |
| 1960 | #1,911 | 36 |
| 1950 | #1,388 | 44 |
| 1940 | #1,724 | 22 |
| 1930 | #4,362 | 6 |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Maren, counting every spelling?
Maren is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #389 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #472 for Maren on its own. Together these spellings went to 855 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maren | 654 | #472 | 3,078 |
| Marin | 93 | #2,043 | 541 |
| Maryn | 85 | #2,187 | 408 |
| Marren | 17 | #6,734 | 70 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Maren?
654 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Maren (0.18 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Maren born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 13 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Maren.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Maren?
About 12,500 people born in the US named Maren are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 6 and 29. That makes Maren mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Maren by state
How common Maren was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (4.9×), Maine (4.3×), Nebraska (3.8×), Kansas (3.7×), New Hampshire (3.1×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in California, Florida, Arizona.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Maren: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Maren, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Maren · Sibling names for Maren
Questions about the name Maren
What does Maren mean?
Maren means “of the sea (Danish form of Marina)” (Danish, Latin origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Maren?
Maren was the 472nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 654 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 438th; the most babies were born in 2021 (707). Over the last ten years it has moved up 645 places. More babies were named Maren in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Maren a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Maren in the US.
Where is Maren most popular?
In 2021–2025, Maren was most common in Iowa (1.86 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maine and Nebraska.