Maryellen

Where Maryellen comes from

Maryellen hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1891
    First appearance
    #1,332 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Peak, #432
    276 babies named Maryellen — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1964
    Maryellen Goodwin born
    American politician; Rhode Island senator
  4. 1966
    Maryellen Noreika born
    United States federal judge for the District of Delaware
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,113.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Maryellen Goodwin · American politician; Rhode Island senator, 1964–2023
  • Maryellen Noreika · United States federal judge for the District of Delaware, born 1966

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.