Mary

#125 for girls in 2025, 2,230 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
#1
1921 · 73,984 births
Debut · girls
1880
7,065 births
In top 100 · girls
129 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,141,481
since 1880

Mary over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #1, 1921girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1252,230—
2024#1312,219—
2023#1322,085—
2022#1342,119—
2021#1322,102—
2020#1232,230#12,0225
2019#1262,241—
2018#1262,369—
2017#1262,425—
2016#1262,526—
2015#1232,642—
2014#1202,637#12,1085
2013#1182,669—
2012#1212,587#10,7706
2011#1122,715—
2010#1082,882#12,2315
2009#1023,177—
2008#963,514—
2007#933,697#7,59010
2006#804,116#7,42710
2005#724,481#7,09610
2004#624,838#3,15831
2003#595,043#7,2459
2002#495,487#5,72512
2001#485,762#5,14214
2000#466,222#6,31610
1999#456,390#5,65611
1998#446,478#4,65014
1997#466,650#4,66813
1996#446,968#4,02216
1995#407,458#4,50813
1994#377,758#5,45210
1993#368,124#3,50118
1992#368,463#2,74725
1991#388,764#2,22732
1990#358,670#1,75545
1989#388,645#1,25874
1988#348,518#1,52548
1987#378,395#1,15369
1986#378,507#1,45747
1985#359,240#1,13367
1984#339,293#1,22856
1983#329,897#1,20557
1982#3010,851#1,06473
1981#2711,042#1,11167
1980#2511,474#1,29152
1979#2410,555#1,10865
1978#2410,040#1,12161
1977#2110,656#1,22152
1976#2210,315#1,05662
1975#1910,973#1,00766
1974#1311,738#1,05261
1973#1412,313#1,10854
1972#1313,757#92974
1971#916,703#87786
1970#919,204#81299
1969#819,850#752108
1968#621,727#742101
1967#425,316#662127
1966#328,890#713108
1965#234,270#642136
1964#240,985#665134
1963#241,546#667137
1962#243,502#614158
1961#147,682#610168
1960#151,472#605169
1959#154,502#600169
1958#155,848#648141
1957#161,102#573182
1956#161,741#631145
1955#163,174#608148
1954#168,019#566168
1953#164,389#598146
1952#265,629#555159
1951#265,721#534161
1950#265,481#633119
1949#266,874#512169
1948#268,597#514164
1947#271,690#496184
1946#167,471#469186
1945#159,278#424198
1944#162,476#376253
1943#166,174#384254
1942#163,256#363278
1941#158,048#329315
1940#156,216#326303
1939#154,900#341272
1938#156,225#331284
1937#155,641#320288
1936#154,377#312292
1935#155,076#328277
1934#156,929#313302
1933#155,517#297318
1932#159,883#305330
1931#160,299#306325
1930#164,153#308340
1929#163,512#306327
1928#166,871#330294
1927#170,642#344283
1926#167,832#352272
1925#170,586#368260
1924#173,534#411224
1923#171,634#425203
1922#172,177#448186
1921#173,984#450187
1920#170,983#430195
1919#165,836#482154
1918#167,365#457169
1917#164,280#447159
1916#161,438#437164
1915#158,187#429159
1914#145,346#425127
1913#136,642#374126
1912#132,304#349118
1911#124,390#26298
1910#122,848#23699
1909#119,259#24780
1908#118,665#23579
1907#117,580#25270
1906#116,370#22576
1905#116,067#23968
1904#114,961#24958
1903#114,275#23063
1902#114,486#24856
1901#113,136#22958
1900#116,705#23075
1899#113,172#23450
1898#114,406#24950
1897#113,413#21163
1896#113,811#24057
1895#113,447#26147
1894#113,151#24948
1893#112,784#22955
1892#113,172#25150
1891#111,704#25739
1890#112,078#29035
1889#111,648#26041
1888#111,754#24550
1887#19,888#23047
1886#19,889#30132
1885#19,128#26838
1884#19,217#28836
1883#18,012#28932
1882#18,148#31330
1881#16,919#29629
1880#17,065#32527
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Mary was already there! It came in at #1, and was given to 7,065 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2010–2025, when fewer than 2,900 girls a year got the name.

Where Mary is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #1 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 6 girlsAKMaine: #1 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 22 girlsMEVermont: #1 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 20 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #1 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 23 girlsNHWashington: #1 for girls · 544 births · 1 in 19 girlsWAIdaho: #1 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 21 girlsIDMontana: #1 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 16 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #2 for girls · 230 births · 1 in 33 girlsNDMinnesota: #2 for girls · 825 births · 1 in 28 girlsMNIllinois: #1 for girls · 3,472 births · 1 in 17 girlsILWisconsin: #2 for girls · 920 births · 1 in 27 girlsWIMichigan: #1 for girls · 1,809 births · 1 in 21 girlsMINew York: #1 for girls · 5,299 births · 1 in 19 girlsNYMassachusetts: #1 for girls · 2,970 births · 1 in 12 girlsMARhode Island: #1 for girls · 452 births · 1 in 12 girlsRIOregon: #2 for girls · 271 births · 1 in 22 girlsORNevada: #1 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 10 girlsNVWyoming: #1 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 14 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #2 for girls · 229 births · 1 in 30 girlsSDIowa: #1 for girls · 1,213 births · 1 in 18 girlsIAIndiana: #1 for girls · 2,395 births · 1 in 11 girlsINOhio: #1 for girls · 4,232 births · 1 in 13 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1 for girls · 7,650 births · 1 in 13 girlsPANew Jersey: #1 for girls · 1,885 births · 1 in 17 girlsNJConnecticut: #1 for girls · 970 births · 1 in 14 girlsCTCalifornia: #1 for girls · 1,554 births · 1 in 18 girlsCAUtah: #1 for girls · 222 births · 1 in 23 girlsUTColorado: #1 for girls · 576 births · 1 in 15 girlsCONebraska: #2 for girls · 516 births · 1 in 25 girlsNEMissouri: #1 for girls · 2,022 births · 1 in 15 girlsMOKentucky: #1 for girls · 2,339 births · 1 in 12 girlsKYWest Virginia: #1 for girls · 1,379 births · 1 in 13 girlsWVVirginia: #1 for girls · 2,046 births · 1 in 14 girlsVAMaryland: #1 for girls · 1,208 births · 1 in 12 girlsMDDelaware: #1 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 12 girlsDEArizona: #1 for girls · 281 births · 1 in 13 girlsAZNew Mexico: #1 for girls · 307 births · 1 in 12 girlsNMKansas: #1 for girls · 890 births · 1 in 19 girlsKSArkansas: #1 for girls · 1,206 births · 1 in 17 girlsARTennessee: #1 for girls · 2,076 births · 1 in 13 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1 for girls · 2,674 births · 1 in 14 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #1 for girls · 1,615 births · 1 in 15 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #1 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 13 girlsDCOklahoma: #1 for girls · 1,313 births · 1 in 19 girlsOKLouisiana: #1 for girls · 1,301 births · 1 in 17 girlsLAMississippi: #1 for girls · 1,557 births · 1 in 14 girlsMSAlabama: #1 for girls · 2,360 births · 1 in 13 girlsALGeorgia: #1 for girls · 2,538 births · 1 in 15 girlsGAHawaii: #1 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 29 girlsHITexas: #1 for girls · 3,192 births · 1 in 18 girlsTXFlorida: #1 for girls · 626 births · 1 in 17 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#1 · 1 in 6
  2. Nevada#1 · 1 in 10
  3. Indiana#1 · 1 in 11
  4. Delaware#1 · 1 in 12
  5. Massachusetts#1 · 1 in 12

Best ever in a state: #1 in Alaska, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#12,3601 in 13
Alaska#1381 in 6
Arizona#12811 in 13
Arkansas#11,2061 in 17
California#11,5541 in 18
Colorado#15761 in 15
Connecticut#19701 in 14
Delaware#11651 in 12
District of Columbia#12551 in 13
Florida#16261 in 17
Georgia#12,5381 in 15
Hawaii#11021 in 29
Idaho#12091 in 21
Illinois#13,4721 in 17
Indiana#12,3951 in 11
Iowa#11,2131 in 18
Kansas#18901 in 19
Kentucky#12,3391 in 12
Louisiana#11,3011 in 17
Maine#13111 in 22
Maryland#11,2081 in 12
Massachusetts#12,9701 in 12
Michigan#11,8091 in 21
Mississippi#11,5571 in 14
Missouri#12,0221 in 15
Montana#13111 in 16
Nevada#1281 in 10
New Hampshire#11561 in 23
New Jersey#11,8851 in 17
New Mexico#13071 in 12
New York#15,2991 in 19
North Carolina#12,6741 in 14
Ohio#14,2321 in 13
Oklahoma#11,3131 in 19
Pennsylvania#17,6501 in 13
Rhode Island#14521 in 12
South Carolina#11,6151 in 15
Tennessee#12,0761 in 13
Texas#13,1921 in 18
Utah#12221 in 23
Vermont#11321 in 20
Virginia#12,0461 in 14
Washington#15441 in 19
West Virginia#11,3791 in 13
Wyoming#11121 in 14
Minnesota#28251 in 28
Nebraska#25161 in 25
North Dakota#22301 in 33
Oregon#22711 in 22
South Dakota#22291 in 30
Wisconsin#29201 in 27

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 Mary
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 6 spots since 2024 (#131 → #125)
  • 2 spots since 2020 (#123 → #125)
  • 2 spots since 2015 (#123 → #125)
  • Biggest jump: 6 spots in 2025 (#131 → #125)
  • Biggest drop: 13 spots in 2007 (#80 → #93)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #1 (73,984 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 44 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 92 yrs
  • Top 10: 92 yrs · run 1880–1971
  • Top 100: 129 yrs · run 1880–2008
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 13
  • Highest: 1 in 13 girls born in 1880 were named Mary (7.8%)
  • Latest: 1 in 721 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
  • Its best rank, #1 in 1921, was only 1 in 17 (6.0%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.9% of all girls named Mary (701,755) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s91,668#1 (1888)#1
1890s131,138#1 (1898)#1
1900s161,504#1 (1909)#1
1910s478,636#1 (1918)#1
1920s701,755#1 (1921)#1
1930s573,000#1 (1930)#1
1940s640,080#1 (1946)#1
1950s625,606#1 (1954)#1
1960s355,240#1 (1960)#3
1970s126,254#9 (1970)#17
1980s95,862#25 (1980)#33
1990s75,723#35 (1990)#40
2000s46,337#46 (2000)#71
2010s25,693#108 (2010)#121
2020s12,985#123 (2020)#130

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.

Mary in 1920

girls
#1
70,983 births · 1 in 17 girls
boys
#430
195 births · 1 in 5,458 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #430Mary195
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 17 of them was named Mary, which outranked 100.0% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mary
  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 5,458 of them was named Mary, which outranked 91.4% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mary
  1. #427Booker196
  2. #427Noble196
  3. #427Shirley196
  4. #430Mary195
  5. #431Aloysius194
  6. #431Hershel194
  7. #431Odis194
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →