# Maren (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maren/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Danish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,064 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 13,059 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Danish Maren, from Latin Marina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 226 | 1,089 |
| 2012 | 230 | 1,082 |
| 2013 | 215 | 1,129 |
| 2014 | 214 | 1,158 |
| 2015 | 230 | 1,117 |
| 2016 | 291 | 942 |
| 2017 | 465 | 635 |
| 2018 | 498 | 606 |
| 2019 | 610 | 515 |
| 2020 | 703 | 438 |
| 2021 | 707 | 441 |
| 2022 | 630 | 502 |
| 2023 | 555 | 545 |
| 2024 | 532 | 569 |
| 2025 | 654 | 472 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 13,624 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Maren

- Maren Morris, American country singer
- Maren Ade, German film director, screenwriter and producer (born 1976)
- Maren Eggert, German actress
- Maren Hammerschmidt, German biathlete and custom officer
- Maren Jensen, American former model and actress
- Maren Meinert, German football coach and former player (born 1973)
- Maren Kroymann, German actress, satirist, cabaret artist, and singer (geb. 1949)
- Maren Baumbach, German handball player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.