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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Marry” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marry” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marry” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marry” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marry” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marry” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marry” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marry” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1882 6 0.000027084 6 100%
1883 6 0.000027657 6 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 5 0.000016696 5 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 10 0.000033178 10 100%
1892 8 0.000023925 8 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1899 6 0.000017687 6 100%
1900 19 0.000042198 19 100%
1901 9 0.000026026 9 100%
1902 11 0.000028443 11 100%
1903 15 0.000039349 15 100%
1904 21 0.000052047 21 100%
1905 9 0.00002123 9 100%
1906 12 0.000028008 12 100%
1907 14 0.000030082 14 100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 100%
1909 14 0.000027385 14 100%
1910 18 0.000030472 18 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 16 0.000016193 16 100%
1913 19 0.000016709 19 100%
1914 26 0.000018357 26 100%
1915 25 0.000013643 25 100%
1916 28 0.000014475 28 100%
1917 26 0.000012956 26 100%
1918 37 0.000017042 37 100%
1919 35 0.000016586 35 100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 100%
1922 31 0.000013542 31 100%
1923 34 0.000014767 34 100%
1924 30 0.000012597 30 100%
1925 35 0.000015 35 100%
1926 31 0.000013502 31 100%
1927 26 0.00001121 26 100%
1928 30 0.000013269 30 100%
1929 18 0.000008211 18 100%
1930 21 0.000009445 21 100%
1931 20 0.000009504 20 100%
1932 14 0.000006631 14 100%
1933 13 0.000006502 13 100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 100%
1935 23 0.000011005 23 100%
1936 15 0.00000722 15 100%
1937 22 0.000010325 22 100%
1938 15 0.000006779 15 100%
1939 28 0.000012707 28 100%
1940 17 0.000007383 17 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 17 0.000006223 17 100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 20 0.000007539 20 100%
1946 23 0.000007198 23 100%
1947 18 0.000004997 18 100%
1948 11 0.000003186 11 100%
1949 12 0.000003444 12 100%
1950 19 0.000005423 19 100%
1951 20 0.000005429 20 100%
1952 16 0.000004213 16 100%
1953 13 0.000003373 13 100%
1954 19 0.000004773 19 100%
1955 20 0.000004981 20 100%
1956 16 0.000003881 16 100%
1957 15 0.00000357 15 100%
1958 17 0.000004112 17 100%
1959 16 0.000003848 16 100%
1960 15 0.000003611 15 100%
1961 17 0.000004104 17 100%
1962 18 0.000004461 18 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 17 0.000004373 17 100%
1965 15 0.000004137 15 100%
1966 17 0.000004891 17 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 100%
1968 21 0.000006216 21 100%
1969 18 0.000005179 18 100%
1970 12 0.000003327 12 100%
1971 17 0.000004953 17 100%
1972 8 0.000002545 8 100%
1973 13 0.000004309 13 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 11 0.000003643 11 100%
1976 5 0.000001648 5 100%
1977 8 0.000002518 8 100%
1978 12 0.000003781 12 100%
1979 10 0.000003006 10 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 9 0.000002602 9 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 11 0.000003176 11 100%
1984 9 0.00000258 9 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 14 0.000003936 14 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 9 0.000002436 9 100%
1989 16 0.000004162 16 100%
1990 12 0.000003036 12 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 6 0.000001562 6 100%
1993 16 0.000004244 16 100%
1994 5 0.000001345 5 100%
1995 13 0.00000355 13 100%
1996 7 0.000001919 7 100%
1997 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1998 6 0.000001631 6 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 9 0.000002404 9 100%
2002 8 0.00000214 8 100%
2005 8 0.000002081 8 100%
2006 7 0.000001769 7 100%
2007 8 0.000002001 8 100%
2008 13 0.000003307 13 100%
2009 11 0.000002879 11 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2011 6 0.00000164 6 100%
2012 6 0.000001641 6 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2015 5 0.000001351 5 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2020 6 0.000001796 6 100%
2022 7 0.000002069 7 100%
2023 8 0.000002416 8 100%

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