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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #2 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 28 girlsAKMaine: #5 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 41 girlsMEVermont: #2 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 28 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #8 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 40 girlsNHWashington: #3 for girls · 699 births · 1 in 41 girlsWAIdaho: #3 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 40 girlsIDMontana: #1 for girls · 235 births · 1 in 29 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #1 for girls · 288 births · 1 in 23 girlsNDMinnesota: #1 for girls · 1,727 births · 1 in 21 girlsMNIllinois: #1 for girls · 4,010 births · 1 in 26 girlsILWisconsin: #1 for girls · 2,011 births · 1 in 21 girlsWIMichigan: #1 for girls · 3,155 births · 1 in 30 girlsMINew York: #2 for girls · 5,062 births · 1 in 33 girlsNYMassachusetts: #2 for girls · 1,969 births · 1 in 26 girlsMARhode Island: #4 for girls · 292 births · 1 in 29 girlsRIOregon: #5 for girls · 374 births · 1 in 43 girlsORNevada: #4 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 35 girlsNVWyoming: #2 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 31 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #2 for girls · 270 births · 1 in 28 girlsSDIowa: #2 for girls · 1,083 births · 1 in 26 girlsIAIndiana: #2 for girls · 1,491 births · 1 in 34 girlsINOhio: #1 for girls · 3,474 births · 1 in 31 girlsOHPennsylvania: #1 for girls · 3,869 births · 1 in 30 girlsPANew Jersey: #1 for girls · 1,776 births · 1 in 31 girlsNJConnecticut: #2 for girls · 750 births · 1 in 31 girlsCTCalifornia: #4 for girls · 3,409 births · 1 in 46 girlsCAUtah: #4 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 51 girlsUTColorado: #2 for girls · 566 births · 1 in 33 girlsCONebraska: #1 for girls · 619 births · 1 in 23 girlsNEMissouri: #1 for girls · 1,724 births · 1 in 26 girlsMOKentucky: #1 for girls · 1,245 births · 1 in 27 girlsKYWest Virginia: #3 for girls · 643 births · 1 in 31 girlsWVVirginia: #2 for girls · 1,286 births · 1 in 32 girlsVAMaryland: #2 for girls · 1,108 births · 1 in 27 girlsMDDelaware: #2 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 27 girlsDEArizona: #1 for girls · 450 births · 1 in 29 girlsAZNew Mexico: #1 for girls · 426 births · 1 in 26 girlsNMKansas: #2 for girls · 629 births · 1 in 35 girlsKSArkansas: #1 for girls · 641 births · 1 in 29 girlsARTennessee: #2 for girls · 1,208 births · 1 in 32 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #2 for girls · 1,519 births · 1 in 34 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #1 for girls · 1,097 births · 1 in 26 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #2 for girls · 433 births · 1 in 31 girlsDCOklahoma: #4 for girls · 547 births · 1 in 41 girlsOKLouisiana: #1 for girls · 1,349 births · 1 in 29 girlsLAMississippi: #1 for girls · 1,226 births · 1 in 22 girlsMSAlabama: #1 for girls · 1,246 births · 1 in 29 girlsALGeorgia: #1 for girls · 1,504 births · 1 in 31 girlsGAHawaii: #9 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 66 girlsHITexas: #1 for girls · 3,614 births · 1 in 32 girlsTXFlorida: #1 for girls · 1,348 births · 1 in 32 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#1 · 1 in 21
  2. Minnesota#1 · 1 in 21
  3. Mississippi#1 · 1 in 22
  4. Nebraska#1 · 1 in 23
  5. North Dakota#1 · 1 in 23

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alabama#11,2461 in 29
Arizona#14501 in 29
Arkansas#16411 in 29
Florida#11,3481 in 32
Georgia#11,5041 in 31
Illinois#14,0101 in 26
Kentucky#11,2451 in 27
Louisiana#11,3491 in 29
Michigan#13,1551 in 30
Minnesota#11,7271 in 21
Mississippi#11,2261 in 22
Missouri#11,7241 in 26
Montana#12351 in 29
Nebraska#16191 in 23
New Jersey#11,7761 in 31
New Mexico#14261 in 26
North Dakota#12881 in 23
Ohio#13,4741 in 31
Pennsylvania#13,8691 in 30
South Carolina#11,0971 in 26
Texas#13,6141 in 32
Wisconsin#12,0111 in 21
Alaska#2951 in 28
Colorado#25661 in 33
Connecticut#27501 in 31
Delaware#21651 in 27
District of Columbia#24331 in 31
Indiana#21,4911 in 34
Iowa#21,0831 in 26
Kansas#26291 in 35
Maryland#21,1081 in 27
Massachusetts#21,9691 in 26
New York#25,0621 in 33
North Carolina#21,5191 in 34
South Dakota#22701 in 28
Tennessee#21,2081 in 32
Vermont#21231 in 28
Virginia#21,2861 in 32
Wyoming#2961 in 31
Idaho#31571 in 40
Washington#36991 in 41
West Virginia#36431 in 31
California#43,4091 in 46
Nevada#4591 in 35
Oklahoma#45471 in 41
Rhode Island#42921 in 29
Utah#42051 in 51
Maine#52391 in 41
Oregon#53741 in 43
New Hampshire#81351 in 40
Hawaii#9951 in 66

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 1956

girls
#1
61,741 births · 1 in 33 girls
boys
#631
145 births · 1 in 14,588 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #631Mary145
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 33 of them was named Mary, which outranked 100.0% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mary
  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 14,588 of them was named Mary, which outranked 85.8% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Mary
  1. #626Donn147
  2. #626Emery147
  3. #630Elias146
  4. #631Mary145
  5. #631Faron145
  6. #633Tod144
  7. #633Wilfredo144
  8. #635Hollis143

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,847Jace#2,764 → #917
  2. ↑ 678Rich#1,572 → #894
  3. ↑ 590Broderick#1,273 → #683
  4. ↑ 559Elvis#921 → #362
  5. ↑ 513Tracey#1,419 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Adolphus#906 → #1,257
  2. ↓ 336Randolf#949 → #1,285
  3. ↓ 279Cordell#792 → #1,071
  4. ↓ 272Rudolfo#885 → #1,157
  5. ↓ 269Aurelio#949 → #1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956 →