Marimar
Marimar is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Marimar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marimar is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Marimar
American parents first put Marimar on the record books as a baby girl name in 1991, with 13 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 101 Marimars were born — ranking #1,535 that year. About 77% of every Marimar on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Marimar last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 322 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Marimar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Marimar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- María del Mar
- María Mar
Names that sound like Marimar
Phonetically similar names — useful when Marimar is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Miramar
- Mamar
- Mimir
- Maremma
- Marinar
- Murmur
- Manure
- Mummer
- Mermer
- Morar
- Marum
- Manoir
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Marimar
Marimar is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 322 births in the dataset. Marimar's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #1,535. Use the chart and map above to compare Marimar'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.