Mary Name Popularity

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How popular is Mary?

In 2018 the somewhat popular name Mary, ranked the 126th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 250 most popular, Mary has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #1 for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1961.

The name was given to the greatest number of children in 1921 with 73,985 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Mary was 2,327 in 2018.

Approximately during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1893-1896, 1897-1900, and 1901-1921, the name Mary took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1927-1933, and 1954-1976 were years of successive downward movement.

Mary's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Mary lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Mary?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The name Mary is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Mary is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Mary (Girl)		Mary (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		2,327	126	< 5	--
2017		2,402	126	< 5	--
2016		2,508	127	< 5	--
2015		2,631	123	< 5	--
2014		2,632	120	5	13,315
2013		2,651	118	< 5	--
2012		2,576	121	6	11,731
2011		2,706	112	< 5	--
2010		2,871	109	5	13,549
2009		3,163	102	< 5	--
2008		3,499	96	< 5	--
2007		3,686	93	10	7,968
2006		4,091	80	10	7,801
2005		4,459	72	10	7,470
2004		4,810	62	31	3,190
2003		5,017	59	9	7,618
2002		5,463	51	12	5,946
2001		5,732	49	13	5,560
2000		6,198	46	10	6,652
1999		6,374	45	11	5,910
1998		6,458	45	14	4,797
1997		6,644	46	13	4,854
1996		6,961	44	16	4,122
1995		7,455	40	13	4,703
1994		7,752	37	10	5,743
1993		8,120	37	18	3,593
1992		8,458	36	25	2,789
1991		8,760	38	32	2,274
1990		8,667	35	45	1,770
1989		8,644	38	74	1,263
1988		8,510	34	48	1,540
1987		8,395	37	69	1,158
1986		8,506	37	47	1,467
1985		9,244	35	67	1,143
1984		9,290	33	56	1,232
1983		9,897	32	57	1,211
1982		10,855	30	73	1,068
1981		11,045	27	67	1,119
1980		11,474	26	52	1,302
1979		10,561	24	65	1,112
1978		10,043	24	61	1,130
1977		10,659	21	52	1,233
1976		10,318	22	62	1,064
1975		10,967	19	66	1,017
1974		11,738	13	61	1,058
1973		12,316	14	54	1,116
1972		13,761	13	74	933
1971		16,697	9	86	879
1970		19,203	9	99	815
1969		19,851	8	108	755
1968		21,725	6	101	744
1967		25,313	4	127	665
1966		28,884	3	108	716
1965		34,270	2	136	642
1964		40,990	2	134	667
1963		41,550	2	137	670
1962		43,486	2	158	614
1961		47,680	1	167	613
1960		51,475	1	169	604
1959		54,474	1	170	597
1958		55,857	1	141	650
1957		61,094	1	183	572
1956		61,756	1	144	632
1955		63,165	1	147	615
1954		68,007	1	169	566
1953		64,379	1	146	598
1952		65,634	2	159	555
1951		65,721	2	161	536
1950		65,481	2	119	634
1949		66,864	2	169	512
1948		68,597	2	164	514
1947		71,687	2	184	496
1946		67,467	1	186	470
1945		59,283	1	198	426
1944		62,467	1	253	377
1943		66,169	1	254	384
1942		63,254	1	276	363
1941		58,040	1	315	329
1940		56,203	1	303	328
1939		54,901	1	272	341
1938		56,215	1	284	331
1937		55,645	1	288	321
1936		54,372	1	293	312
1935		55,069	1	276	329
1934		56,929	1	302	313
1933		55,509	1	318	298
1932		59,874	1	330	305
1931		60,296	1	325	306
1930		64,146	1	340	308
1929		63,508	1	327	306
1928		66,872	1	294	330
1927		70,639	1	283	345
1926		67,832	1	272	352
1925		70,591	1	260	368
1924		73,534	1	224	412
1923		71,638	1	203	425
1922		72,173	1	186	450
1921		73,985	1	187	451
1920		70,982	1	195	430
1919		65,838	1	154	482
1918		67,366	1	169	457
1917		64,281	1	159	448
1916		61,438	1	164	437
1915		58,187	1	159	430
1914		45,345	1	127	425
1913		36,642	1	126	375
1912		32,304	1	118	350
1911		24,390	1	98	262
1910		22,848	1	99	238
1909		19,259	1	80	248
1908		18,665	1	79	236
1907		17,580	1	70	252
1906		16,370	1	76	225
1905		16,067	1	68	239
1904		14,961	1	58	252
1903		14,275	1	63	230
1902		14,486	1	56	249
1901		13,136	1	58	231
1900		16,706	1	75	233
1899		13,172	1	50	236
1898		14,406	1	50	251
1897		13,413	1	63	211
1896		13,811	1	57	242
1895		13,446	1	47	261
1894		13,151	1	48	251
1893		12,784	1	55	232
1892		13,172	1	50	251
1891		11,703	1	39	259
1890		12,078	1	35	293
1889		11,648	1	41	262
1888		11,754	1	50	248
1887		9,888	1	47	237
1886		9,889	1	32	305
1885		9,128	1	38	271
1884		9,217	1	36	293
1883		8,012	1	32	292
1882		8,148	1	30	314
1881		6,919	1	29	301
1880		7,065	1	27	332

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.