Maral
Maral is a name with multiple cultural origins: Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen.
- Mongolian
- Azerbaijani
- Armenian
- Turkmen
Meaning & Origin of Maral
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maral is a name with multiple cultural origins: Mongolian, Azerbaijani, Armenian, Turkmen.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Mongolian
- Azerbaijani
- Armenian
- Turkmen
The Story of Maral
The earliest SSA record of Maral as a baby girl name dates back to 1968, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Maral — #6,132 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Maral on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Maral last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 349 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Maral
Maral is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 349 births in the dataset. Maral's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #6,132. Use the chart and map above to compare Maral's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.