Marico comes from the Japanese tradition, meaning 'Pure, Truthful Child'.
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How popular is Marico?
1979peak year
Today, Marico is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #12470), with only about 6 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1979, 18 babies were given the name (ranked #2644 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. In all, around 399 babies have been registered as Marico since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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