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Mary: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,230 in 2025. Its best rank was #1 in 1961.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1 in 1961; #125 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mary in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#125 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1961, at #1.
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Mary: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,230 girls in 2025. Peak: #1 in 1961 · most girls in one year: 73,984 (1921).
In 2025, 2,230 US girls were named Mary, making it the 125th most common girls’ name of the year, up 6 places from #131 in 2024. That is 11 more than the 2,219 girls named Mary in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1, reached in 1961. The most girls given the name in a single year was 73,984, in 1921. For comparison, it was #123 in 2015 and #2 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mary in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7,092 babies with the name. In all, 4,156,654 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 704,186 babies named Mary.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 22,546 US girls were named Mary; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,526. In 2025 that was about 1 in 721 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mary ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #6 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 14 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Maria (570,389 babies since 1880), Marie (542,270 babies since 1880), Miriam (118,190 babies since 1880) and Mari (16,645 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marya, Marry and Marye are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mae, Mamie, Marie, Mitzi, Molly and Polly.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marya (2,211), Marry (1,873), Marye (1,557), Maree (1,049), Mauri (997), Marea (620), Marija (519), Mery (511), Mairi (289), Mareo (179), Maurya (156), Marri (133), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 7 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 71 | #6 | #10 |
| Alabama | 155 | #6 | #23 |
| Arkansas | 49 | #33 | #84 |
| Louisiana | 62 | #48 | #72 |
| Georgia | 133 | #53 | #57 |
| South Carolina | 63 | #56 | #32 |
| Tennessee | 99 | #65 | #38 |
| Montana | 12 | #77 | — |
| Kentucky | 49 | #81 | #104 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #86 | #66 |
| North Carolina | 109 | #89 | #93 |
| Missouri | 62 | #89 | #88 |
| Pennsylvania | 101 | #94 | #80 |
| Kansas | 33 | #94 | #118 |
| Oklahoma | 35 | #103 | #165 |
| Indiana | 59 | #109 | #101 |
| Ohio | 94 | #110 | #89 |
| Virginia | 64 | #112 | #83 |
| Alaska | 6 | #125 | #113 |
| Maryland | 35 | #134 | #144 |
| Idaho | 15 | #136 | #271 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #145 | #91 |
| Michigan | 56 | #152 | #155 |
| Massachusetts | 36 | #157 | #97 |
| Wisconsin | 32 | #167 | #125 |
| Illinois | 59 | #169 | #131 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #169 | #183 |
| Washington | 42 | #173 | #164 |
| Minnesota | 31 | #175 | #142 |
| Utah | 26 | #176 | #118 |
| Oregon | 21 | #176 | #370 |
| Texas | 176 | #187 | #149 |
| Nebraska | 12 | #195 | #125 |
| West Virginia | 9 | #197 | #295 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #206 | #162 |
| Iowa | 16 | #213 | #182 |
| Florida | 87 | #216 | #239 |
| Colorado | 28 | #231 | #181 |
| North Dakota | 5 | #233 | #152 |
| New York | 68 | #251 | #196 |
| Nevada | 11 | #256 | #393 |
| New Jersey | 32 | #259 | #173 |
| Arizona | 27 | #267 | #256 |
| California | 102 | #321 | #228 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,230 | #125 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,219 | #131 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,085 | #133 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,119 | #134 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,102 | #132 | — | — |
| 2020 | 2,230 | #123 | 5 | #13,364 |
| 2019 | 2,241 | #126 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,369 | #126 | — | — |
| 2017 | 2,425 | #126 | — | — |
| 2016 | 2,526 | #126 | — | — |
| 2015 | 2,642 | #123 | — | — |
| 2014 | 2,637 | #120 | 5 | #13,342 |
| 2013 | 2,669 | #118 | — | — |
| 2012 | 2,587 | #121 | 6 | #11,751 |
| 2011 | 2,715 | #112 | — | — |
| 2010 | 2,882 | #108 | 5 | #13,555 |
| 2009 | 3,177 | #102 | — | — |
| 2008 | 3,514 | #96 | — | — |
| 2007 | 3,697 | #93 | 10 | #7,974 |
| 2006 | 4,116 | #80 | 10 | #7,806 |
| 2005 | 4,481 | #72 | 10 | #7,476 |
| 2004 | 4,838 | #62 | 31 | #3,193 |
| 2003 | 5,043 | #59 | 9 | #7,622 |
| 2002 | 5,487 | #49 | 12 | #5,950 |
| 2001 | 5,762 | #48 | 14 | #5,313 |
| 2000 | 6,222 | #46 | 10 | #6,656 |
| 1999 | 6,390 | #45 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1998 | 6,478 | #44 | 14 | #4,799 |
| 1997 | 6,650 | #46 | 13 | #4,853 |
| 1996 | 6,968 | #44 | 16 | #4,124 |
| 1995 | 7,458 | #40 | 13 | #4,703 |
| 1994 | 7,758 | #37 | 10 | #5,742 |
| 1993 | 8,124 | #36 | 18 | #3,593 |
| 1992 | 8,463 | #36 | 25 | #2,790 |
| 1991 | 8,764 | #38 | 32 | #2,273 |
| 1990 | 8,670 | #35 | 45 | #1,771 |
| 1989 | 8,645 | #38 | 74 | #1,264 |
| 1988 | 8,518 | #34 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1987 | 8,395 | #37 | 69 | #1,158 |
| 1986 | 8,507 | #37 | 47 | #1,467 |
| 1985 | 9,240 | #35 | 67 | #1,144 |
| 1984 | 9,293 | #33 | 56 | #1,234 |
| 1983 | 9,897 | #32 | 57 | #1,212 |
| 1982 | 10,851 | #30 | 73 | #1,068 |
| 1981 | 11,042 | #27 | 67 | #1,119 |
| 1980 | 11,474 | #25 | 52 | #1,304 |
| 1979 | 10,555 | #24 | 65 | #1,111 |
| 1978 | 10,040 | #24 | 61 | #1,129 |
| 1977 | 10,656 | #21 | 52 | #1,232 |
| 1976 | 10,315 | #22 | 62 | #1,064 |
| 1975 | 10,973 | #19 | 66 | #1,015 |
| 1974 | 11,738 | #13 | 61 | #1,056 |
| 1973 | 12,313 | #14 | 54 | #1,117 |
| 1972 | 13,757 | #13 | 74 | #932 |
| 1971 | 16,703 | #9 | 86 | #880 |
| 1970 | 19,204 | #9 | 99 | #816 |
| 1969 | 19,850 | #8 | 108 | #755 |
| 1968 | 21,727 | #6 | 101 | #744 |
| 1967 | 25,316 | #4 | 127 | #665 |
| 1966 | 28,890 | #3 | 108 | #716 |
| 1965 | 34,270 | #2 | 136 | #642 |
| 1964 | 40,985 | #2 | 134 | #667 |
| 1963 | 41,546 | #2 | 137 | #670 |
| 1962 | 43,502 | #2 | 158 | #614 |
| 1961 | 47,682 | #1 | 168 | #611 |
| 1960 | 51,472 | #1 | 169 | #605 |
| 1959 | 54,502 | #1 | 169 | #600 |
| 1958 | 55,848 | #1 | 141 | #648 |
| 1957 | 61,102 | #1 | 182 | #574 |
| 1956 | 61,741 | #1 | 145 | #632 |
| 1955 | 63,174 | #1 | 148 | #611 |
| 1954 | 68,019 | #1 | 168 | #567 |
| 1953 | 64,389 | #1 | 146 | #599 |
| 1952 | 65,629 | #2 | 159 | #555 |
| 1951 | 65,721 | #2 | 161 | #536 |
| 1950 | 65,481 | #2 | 119 | #634 |
| 1949 | 66,874 | #2 | 169 | #513 |
| 1948 | 68,597 | #2 | 164 | #514 |
| 1947 | 71,690 | #2 | 184 | #497 |
| 1946 | 67,471 | #1 | 186 | #470 |
| 1945 | 59,278 | #1 | 198 | #426 |
| 1944 | 62,476 | #1 | 253 | #377 |
| 1943 | 66,174 | #1 | 254 | #384 |
| 1942 | 63,256 | #1 | 278 | #363 |
| 1941 | 58,048 | #1 | 315 | #329 |
| 1940 | 56,216 | #1 | 303 | #328 |
| 1939 | 54,900 | #1 | 272 | #341 |
| 1938 | 56,225 | #1 | 284 | #331 |
| 1937 | 55,641 | #1 | 288 | #321 |
| 1936 | 54,377 | #1 | 292 | #313 |
| 1935 | 55,076 | #1 | 277 | #328 |
| 1934 | 56,929 | #1 | 302 | #313 |
| 1933 | 55,517 | #1 | 318 | #298 |
| 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 | #345 |
| 1926 | 67,832 | #1 | 272 | #352 |
| 1925 | 70,586 | #1 | 260 | #368 |
| 1924 | 73,534 | #1 | 224 | #412 |
| 1923 | 71,634 | #1 | 203 | #425 |
| 1922 | 72,177 | #1 | 186 | #450 |
| 1921 | 73,984 | #1 | 187 | #451 |
| 1920 | 70,983 | #1 | 195 | #430 |
| 1919 | 65,836 | #1 | 154 | #482 |
| 1918 | 67,365 | #1 | 169 | #457 |
| 1917 | 64,280 | #1 | 159 | #448 |
| 1916 | 61,438 | #1 | 164 | #437 |
| 1915 | 58,187 | #1 | 159 | #430 |
| 1914 | 45,346 | #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 | 16,705 | #1 | 75 | #232 |
| 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 | 13,447 | #1 | 47 | #261 |
| 1894 | 13,151 | #1 | 48 | #251 |
| 1893 | 12,784 | #1 | 55 | #232 |
| 1892 | 13,172 | #1 | 50 | #251 |
| 1891 | 11,704 | #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 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).