Mare

Boy · recorded 1947–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1969best year

Most popular in 1969.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Mare.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1947

061219471958196819791989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 38 recorded years as a table
Mare, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19473
19493
19503
19524
19534
19546
19555
19563
19575
19585
19605
19614
19623
19633
19645
19654
19664
19677
19684
196912
19709
19713
19727
19736
19745
19755
19766
19775
19796
19806
19813
19835
19844
19853
19865
19874
19883
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Mare isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
6
Rank in 1989
#6,941
How rare
1 in 333,488 boys
Since 1947
331

Mare was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1969, at 12 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Mare doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.