How popular is the name Maral?

362 US babies were named Maral between 1940 and 2025. The name peaked in 1990.

What careers are people named Maral over-represented in?

Among notable women who are actors, Marals show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is. This is a pattern among people who already have the name, not a prediction.

Name meaning & stats

Maral

Q: How common is the spelling Maral?

1 in 108 Marlees spell it Maral.

Maral. 362 US babies since 1940, peak 1990. Notable Marals are 1.4× over-represented as actors.

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What it means

No agreed meaning on record

In US birth records

Peak year: 1990

362 US babies were named Maral between 1940 and 2025.

Maral around the world

Sweden: 23 babies since 1998, peak 2017, No. 1,631 in 2022
France: 20 babies since 1900, peak 2019

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Marals end up

Career	vs expected	Confidence
Actor	1.4×	Low · 4 people
Politician	1.0×	Low · 1 people
Footballer	1.1×	Low · 1 people
Journalist	1.1×	Low · 1 people

Among notable women who are actors, Marals show up 1.4× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 108 Marlees spell it Maral

Marlee 45%
Mariel 19%
Marilee 15%
Marielle 12%
Marylee 6%
Maralee 2%
Maral 1%
Maryl 1%

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1990)