girls:
148 births since 2016
#5568 (3rd percentile)
boys:
1.1k births since 1923
#3512 (23rd percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1923
#6504 (16th percentile)
The name Mars is the #6,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,237 recorded births since 1923. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,512 (23.4% percentile) for all time with 1,089 births since 1923. For girls, it ranks #5,568 (2.6% percentile) for all time with 148 births since 2016.
Mars first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1923 (1923 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Mars is available in 34 out of the 101 years between 1923 and 2023 (34 years for boys and 8 years for girls). 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 Mars has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.0% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.1% of babies named Mars were boys.
For boys, Mars reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.4% percentile (ranked #762) with 84 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 84 births per million (ranked 16.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Mars is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #762 (16.4% percentile) with 84 births per million.
For girls, Mars reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #916) with 21 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Mars is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #916 (3.3% percentile) with 21 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Mars".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Mars is pronounced as mahrz, which has 1 syllables.
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