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Baby name
Mara
Girl
Origin of the name
Mara comes from the Hebrew mara, “bitter.” In the Bible, Naomi says: “Call me Mara.” It is also a form of Mary.
Rising name
24,038births since 1880
2020sgeneration
No. 540rank at its peak, in 2021
Where babies named Mara are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Mara is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Mara is most common in Minnesota (3.3 times), Wisconsin (2.2) and Washington (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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