girls:
380 births since 1972
#5336 (7th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 2020
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
385 births since 1972
#7354 (5th percentile)
The name Maranatha is the #7,354 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 385 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 5.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,336 (6.6% percentile) for all time with 380 births since 1972. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 2020.
Maranatha first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 2020 for boys). Birth data for Maranatha is available in 43 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Maranatha has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Maranatha reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #927) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Maranatha is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #934 (1.4% percentile) with 10 births per million.
For boys, Maranatha reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #901) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Maranatha".
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Our model has identified 8 different pronunciations for the name Maranatha. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 29.4% confident that Maranatha is pronounced as meh-ruh-NAH-thuh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is mah-ruh-NAH-thuh, at 17.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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