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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 climbed for decades and has been a steadily popular name ever since. All-time it's been given to 24,054 U.S. babies, the 1,049th most common name by sound today, peaking at 568 in 2021, with 499 in 2025.
Mara has no common alternate spellings by sound.
Rising
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, “National data” baby-names files (1880–2025).