Mary
Rank in 2025
#125
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
2,230
girls 2,230
Peak year
1880
7,065 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
4,156,654
since 1880
Born a Mary? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Mary was most popular in 1880, when 7,065 babies recorded as girls got the name (77.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 2,230 babies were named Mary, ranking #125 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,230 | 125 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 2,219 | 131 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 2,085 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 2,119 | 134 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 2,102 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 2,230 | 123 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 2,241 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 2,369 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 2,425 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 2,526 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 2,642 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 2,637 | 120 | 5 | 12108 |
| 2013 | 2,669 | 118 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 2,587 | 121 | 6 | 10770 |
| 2011 | 2,715 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 2,882 | 108 | 5 | 12231 |
| 2009 | 3,177 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 3,514 | 96 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 3,697 | 93 | 10 | 7590 |
| 2006 | 4,116 | 80 | 10 | 7427 |
| 2005 | 4,481 | 72 | 10 | 7096 |
| 2004 | 4,838 | 62 | 31 | 3158 |
| 2003 | 5,043 | 59 | 9 | 7245 |
| 2002 | 5,487 | 49 | 12 | 5725 |
| 2001 | 5,762 | 48 | 14 | 5142 |
| 2000 | 6,222 | 46 | 10 | 6316 |
| 1999 | 6,390 | 45 | 11 | 5656 |
| 1998 | 6,478 | 44 | 14 | 4650 |
| 1997 | 6,650 | 46 | 13 | 4668 |
| 1996 | 6,968 | 44 | 16 | 4022 |
| 1995 | 7,458 | 40 | 13 | 4508 |
| 1994 | 7,758 | 37 | 10 | 5452 |
| 1993 | 8,124 | 36 | 18 | 3501 |
| 1992 | 8,463 | 36 | 25 | 2747 |
| 1991 | 8,764 | 38 | 32 | 2227 |
| 1990 | 8,670 | 35 | 45 | 1755 |
| 1989 | 8,645 | 38 | 74 | 1258 |
| 1988 | 8,518 | 34 | 48 | 1525 |
| 1987 | 8,395 | 37 | 69 | 1153 |
| 1986 | 8,507 | 37 | 47 | 1457 |
| 1985 | 9,240 | 35 | 67 | 1133 |
| 1984 | 9,293 | 33 | 56 | 1228 |
| 1983 | 9,897 | 32 | 57 | 1205 |
| 1982 | 10,851 | 30 | 73 | 1064 |
| 1981 | 11,042 | 27 | 67 | 1111 |
| 1980 | 11,474 | 25 | 52 | 1291 |
| 1979 | 10,555 | 24 | 65 | 1108 |
| 1978 | 10,040 | 24 | 61 | 1121 |
| 1977 | 10,656 | 21 | 52 | 1221 |
| 1976 | 10,315 | 22 | 62 | 1056 |
| 1975 | 10,973 | 19 | 66 | 1007 |
| 1974 | 11,738 | 13 | 61 | 1052 |
| 1973 | 12,313 | 14 | 54 | 1108 |
| 1972 | 13,757 | 13 | 74 | 929 |
| 1971 | 16,703 | 9 | 86 | 877 |
| 1970 | 19,204 | 9 | 99 | 812 |
| 1969 | 19,850 | 8 | 108 | 752 |
| 1968 | 21,727 | 6 | 101 | 742 |
| 1967 | 25,316 | 4 | 127 | 662 |
| 1966 | 28,890 | 3 | 108 | 713 |
| 1965 | 34,270 | 2 | 136 | 642 |
| 1964 | 40,985 | 2 | 134 | 665 |
| 1963 | 41,546 | 2 | 137 | 667 |
| 1962 | 43,502 | 2 | 158 | 614 |
| 1961 | 47,682 | 1 | 168 | 610 |
| 1960 | 51,472 | 1 | 169 | 605 |
| 1959 | 54,502 | 1 | 169 | 600 |
| 1958 | 55,848 | 1 | 141 | 648 |
| 1957 | 61,102 | 1 | 182 | 573 |
| 1956 | 61,741 | 1 | 145 | 631 |
| 1955 | 63,174 | 1 | 148 | 608 |
| 1954 | 68,019 | 1 | 168 | 566 |
| 1953 | 64,389 | 1 | 146 | 598 |
| 1952 | 65,629 | 2 | 159 | 555 |
| 1951 | 65,721 | 2 | 161 | 534 |
| 1950 | 65,481 | 2 | 119 | 633 |
| 1949 | 66,874 | 2 | 169 | 512 |
| 1948 | 68,597 | 2 | 164 | 514 |
| 1947 | 71,690 | 2 | 184 | 496 |
| 1946 | 67,471 | 1 | 186 | 469 |
| 1945 | 59,278 | 1 | 198 | 424 |
| 1944 | 62,476 | 1 | 253 | 376 |
| 1943 | 66,174 | 1 | 254 | 384 |
| 1942 | 63,256 | 1 | 278 | 363 |
| 1941 | 58,048 | 1 | 315 | 329 |
| 1940 | 56,216 | 1 | 303 | 326 |
| 1939 | 54,900 | 1 | 272 | 341 |
| 1938 | 56,225 | 1 | 284 | 331 |
| 1937 | 55,641 | 1 | 288 | 320 |
| 1936 | 54,377 | 1 | 292 | 312 |
| 1935 | 55,076 | 1 | 277 | 328 |
| 1934 | 56,929 | 1 | 302 | 313 |
| 1933 | 55,517 | 1 | 318 | 297 |
| 1932 | 59,883 | 1 | 330 | 305 |
| 1931 | 60,299 | 1 | 325 | 306 |
| 1930 | 64,153 | 1 | 340 | 308 |
| 1929 | 63,512 | 1 | 327 | 306 |
| 1928 | 66,871 | 1 | 294 | 330 |
| 1927 | 70,642 | 1 | 283 | 344 |
| 1926 | 67,832 | 1 | 272 | 352 |
| 1925 | 70,586 | 1 | 260 | 368 |
| 1924 | 73,534 | 1 | 224 | 411 |
| 1923 | 71,634 | 1 | 203 | 425 |
| 1922 | 72,177 | 1 | 186 | 448 |
| 1921 | 73,984 | 1 | 187 | 450 |
| 1920 | 70,983 | 1 | 195 | 430 |
| 1919 | 65,836 | 1 | 154 | 482 |
| 1918 | 67,365 | 1 | 169 | 457 |
| 1917 | 64,280 | 1 | 159 | 447 |
| 1916 | 61,438 | 1 | 164 | 437 |
| 1915 | 58,187 | 1 | 159 | 429 |
| 1914 | 45,346 | 1 | 127 | 425 |
| 1913 | 36,642 | 1 | 126 | 374 |
| 1912 | 32,304 | 1 | 118 | 349 |
| 1911 | 24,390 | 1 | 98 | 262 |
| 1910 | 22,848 | 1 | 99 | 236 |
| 1909 | 19,259 | 1 | 80 | 247 |
| 1908 | 18,665 | 1 | 79 | 235 |
| 1907 | 17,580 | 1 | 70 | 252 |
| 1906 | 16,370 | 1 | 76 | 225 |
| 1905 | 16,067 | 1 | 68 | 239 |
| 1904 | 14,961 | 1 | 58 | 249 |
| 1903 | 14,275 | 1 | 63 | 230 |
| 1902 | 14,486 | 1 | 56 | 248 |
| 1901 | 13,136 | 1 | 58 | 229 |
| 1900 | 16,705 | 1 | 75 | 230 |
| 1899 | 13,172 | 1 | 50 | 234 |
| 1898 | 14,406 | 1 | 50 | 249 |
| 1897 | 13,413 | 1 | 63 | 211 |
| 1896 | 13,811 | 1 | 57 | 240 |
| 1895 | 13,447 | 1 | 47 | 261 |
| 1894 | 13,151 | 1 | 48 | 249 |
| 1893 | 12,784 | 1 | 55 | 229 |
| 1892 | 13,172 | 1 | 50 | 251 |
| 1891 | 11,704 | 1 | 39 | 257 |
| 1890 | 12,078 | 1 | 35 | 290 |
| 1889 | 11,648 | 1 | 41 | 260 |
| 1888 | 11,754 | 1 | 50 | 245 |
| 1887 | 9,888 | 1 | 47 | 230 |
| 1886 | 9,889 | 1 | 32 | 301 |
| 1885 | 9,128 | 1 | 38 | 268 |
| 1884 | 9,217 | 1 | 36 | 288 |
| 1883 | 8,012 | 1 | 32 | 289 |
| 1882 | 8,148 | 1 | 30 | 313 |
| 1881 | 6,919 | 1 | 29 | 296 |
| 1880 | 7,065 | 1 | 27 | 325 |
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Where Mary is most popular
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- South Carolina2.3×
- District of Columbia2.2×
- Tennessee2.0×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years