Mammie

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545

Peak · girls
1881 · 10 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,523
since 1880

Mammie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Mammie has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #539, 1881girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1986#9,5456
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1969#7,4715
1968#7,0165
1967#6,8045
1966#3,95911
1965#3,73312
1964#3,69213
1963#5,2967
1962#3,59213
1961#3,79312
1960#4,18410
1959#4,3009
1958#2,97216
1957#3,15014
1956#2,32123
1955#2,41121
1954#1,94929
1953#1,73833
1952#2,41119
1951#2,06423
1950#1,60234
1949#1,76729
1948#1,70830
1947#1,82228
1946#1,67828
1945#1,45031
1944#1,27239
1943#1,39535
1942#1,53329
1941#1,38431
1940#1,06246
1939#1,32731
1938#1,38229
1937#1,41627
1936#1,11540
1935#1,26432
1934#1,01946
1933#1,10240
1932#1,09742
1931#95952
1930#1,21038
1929#98154
1928#1,05151
1927#95563
1926#1,01254
1925#1,00855
1924#93466
1923#95360
1922#96260
1921#1,01754
1920#98056
1919#91759
1918#92160
1917#1,11041
1916#94952
1915#97946
1914#80252
1913#76747
1912#86034
1911#89823
1910#81228
1909#74729
1908#1,08414
1907#84020
1906#79321
1905#76123
1904#68226
1903#69523
1902#54535
1901#60327
1900#55638
1899#87814
1898#92014
1897#89513
1896#90313
1895#68521
1894#81214
1893#63021
1892#79614
1891#89310
1890#61718
1889#83910
1888#75312
1887#56016
1886#9936
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1884#8517
1883#8176
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1881#53910
1880#54710
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mammie was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Mammie is popular in 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedARTennessee: #404 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,067 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #365 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,927 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedLAMississippi: #390 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,200 girlsMSAlabama: #476 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,197 girlsALGeorgia: #434 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,920 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Mammie, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#365 · 1 in 3,927
  2. Mississippi#390 · 1 in 3,200
  3. Tennessee#404 · 1 in 4,067
  4. Georgia#434 · 1 in 4,920
  5. Alabama#476 · 1 in 5,197

Best ever in a state: #228 in South Carolina, 1914.

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North Carolina#365101 in 3,927
Mississippi#39071 in 3,200
Tennessee#40471 in 4,067
Georgia#43471 in 4,920
Alabama#47661 in 5,197
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Mammie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1986
  • Biggest jump: 433 spots in 1887 (#993 → #560)
  • Biggest drop: 276 spots in 1891 (#617 → #893)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #539 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 43 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 43 yrs · run 1886–1907
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,545
  • Highest: 1 in 7,545 girls born in 1902 were named Mammie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 285,925 girls born in 1986 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #539 in 1881, was only 1 in 9,195 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.7% of all girls named Mammie (573) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s77#539 (1881)#737
1890s152#617 (1890)#803
1900s256#545 (1902)#731
1910s442#767 (1913)#902
1920s573#934 (1924)#985
1930s377#959 (1931)#1,189
1940s326#1,062 (1940)#1,507
1950s221#1,602 (1950)#2,492
1960s93#3,592 (1962)#4,954
1970s0——
1980s6#9,545 (1986)#9,545

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Mammie in 1923

girls
#953
60 births · 1 in 20,106 girls

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #953Mammie60
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 20,106 of them was named Mammie, which outranked 83.4% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mammie
  1. #941Thora61
  2. #941Zita61
  3. #941Zoe61
  4. #953Mammie60
  5. #953Aida60
  6. #953Bernardine60
  7. #953Bridget60
  8. #966Adaline59
  9. #966Adelia59
  10. #966Darleen59

Tied with 12 names at #953; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,834Eris#2,291 → #457
  2. ↑ 619Penny#1,508 → #889
  3. ↑ 317Laurene#1,309 → #992
  4. ↑ 310Cruz#1,103 → #793
  5. ↑ 306Dorene#1,207 → #901
Fallers
  1. ↓ 321Veva#962 → #1,283
  2. ↓ 318Arlie#949 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 305Gaynell#978 → #1,283
  4. ↓ 303Trinidad#449 → #752
  5. ↓ 300Laurine#897 → #1,197

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1923 →