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Solid line = floor (spellings that unambiguously belong to the group). Shaded band up to the dashed edge = ceiling (the most it could reach if every ambiguous spelling counted here).
Mara
Mara has stayed fairly steady in American naming for generations. All-time it's been given to 24,054 U.S. babies, the 1,065th most common name by sound today, peaking at 568 in 2021, with 499 in 2025.
Mara has no common alternate spellings by sound. Spellings sometimes heard the same way: Marah.
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