Name Trends

See the popularity of names over time in the USA

How popular is “Mary” in the USA?

Number of people named “Mary” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Mary” 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 “Mary” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Mary” by birth year

This chart shows how “Mary” 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
1880 7092 0.035198826 7065 27 99%
1881 6948 0.036057916 6919 29 99%
1882 8178 0.036915492 8148 30 99%
1883 8044 0.037078522 8012 32 99%
1884 9253 0.038006086 9217 36 99%
1885 9166 0.038056251 9128 38 99%
1886 9921 0.038857576 9889 32 99%
1887 9935 0.040158775 9888 47 99%
1888 11804 0.039415907 11754 50 99%
1889 11689 0.040453926 11648 41 99%
1890 12113 0.040188983 12078 35 99%
1891 11742 0.040959846 11703 39 99%
1892 13222 0.039542548 13172 50 99%
1893 12839 0.039477527 12784 55 99%
1894 13199 0.038970739 13151 48 99%
1895 13494 0.038442146 13447 47 99%
1896 13868 0.038793344 13811 57 99%
1897 13476 0.038840547 13413 63 99%
1898 14456 0.037896901 14406 50 99%
1899 13222 0.038976163 13172 50 99%
1900 16780 0.037267275 16705 75 99%
1901 13194 0.038153678 13136 58 99%
1902 14542 0.037602268 14486 56 99%
1903 14338 0.037612606 14275 63 99%
1904 15019 0.037223194 14961 58 99%
1905 16135 0.038060978 16067 68 99%
1906 16446 0.038384788 16370 76 99%
1907 17650 0.03792502 17580 70 99%
1908 18744 0.038358588 18665 79 99%
1909 19339 0.037828818 19259 80 99%
1910 22947 0.03884634 22848 99 99%
1911 24488 0.038008377 24390 98 99%
1912 32422 0.032813795 32304 118 99%
1913 36768 0.032334574 36642 126 99%
1914 45473 0.032105856 45346 127 99%
1915 58346 0.031840779 58187 159 99%
1916 61602 0.031845238 61438 164 99%
1917 64439 0.032111045 64280 159 100%
1918 67534 0.031105747 67365 169 99%
1919 65991 0.031271636 65837 154 100%
1920 71178 0.031457804 70983 195 99%
1921 74171 0.03177163 73984 187 99%
1922 72362 0.031610832 72176 186 99%
1923 71838 0.031200081 71635 203 99%
1924 73758 0.030969663 73534 224 99%
1925 70847 0.030363161 70587 260 99%
1926 68105 0.029663799 67833 272 99%
1927 70924 0.030579191 70641 283 99%
1928 67164 0.029706741 66870 294 99%
1929 63839 0.029121386 63512 327 99%
1930 64492 0.029007593 64152 340 99%
1931 60622 0.028807973 60297 325 99%
1932 60209 0.028518001 59879 330 99%
1933 55836 0.027926266 55518 318 99%
1934 57235 0.027559677 56933 302 99%
1935 55350 0.026485547 55073 277 99%
1936 54666 0.02631304 54374 292 99%
1937 55931 0.026250996 55643 288 99%
1938 56500 0.025535995 56216 284 99%
1939 55174 0.025040336 54902 272 99%
1940 56516 0.024544438 56213 303 99%
1941 58360 0.023953963 58045 315 99%
1942 63532 0.023257092 63254 278 99%
1943 66433 0.023536885 66179 254 99%
1944 62723 0.023317039 62470 253 99%
1945 59478 0.022420425 59280 198 99%
1946 67656 0.021173943 67470 186 99%
1947 71869 0.019951297 71685 184 99%
1948 68764 0.019917278 68600 164 100%
1949 67039 0.019238027 66870 169 99%
1950 65600 0.018724646 65481 119 100%
1951 65884 0.017884962 65723 161 100%
1952 65786 0.017321067 65627 159 100%
1953 64534 0.016746379 64388 146 100%
1954 68190 0.01713011 68022 168 100%
1955 63321 0.015770841 63173 148 100%
1956 61887 0.015009877 61743 144 100%
1957 61289 0.014583959 61106 183 99%
1958 55987 0.013547098 55846 141 99%
1959 54662 0.013150266 54492 170 99%
1960 51650 0.012432928 51481 169 99%
1961 47844 0.011553938 47677 167 99%
1962 43653 0.010818459 43495 158 99%
1963 41687 0.01053077 41550 137 99%
1964 41116 0.010575992 40982 134 99%
1965 34407 0.00948995 34271 136 99%
1966 28994 0.008342083 28886 108 99%
1967 25447 0.007495413 25320 127 99%
1968 21821 0.006458675 21720 101 99%
1969 19961 0.005743105 19853 108 99%
1970 19300 0.00535096 19201 99 99%
1971 16786 0.004890339 16700 86 99%
1972 13833 0.004400762 13759 74 99%
1973 12367 0.004098941 12313 54 99%
1974 11803 0.003882303 11742 61 99%
1975 11034 0.003653969 10968 66 99%
1976 10381 0.003420841 10319 62 99%
1977 10707 0.003370476 10655 52 99%
1978 10102 0.003182543 10041 61 99%
1979 10627 0.003193869 10562 65 99%
1980 11528 0.003346455 11476 52 99%
1981 11111 0.003211654 11044 67 99%
1982 10926 0.003114435 10853 73 99%
1983 9952 0.002873444 9895 57 99%
1984 9349 0.002679767 9293 56 99%
1985 9308 0.002608003 9241 67 99%
1986 8554 0.002404869 8507 47 99%
1987 8463 0.002347287 8394 69 98%
1988 8560 0.002316795 8512 48 99%
1989 8719 0.002268031 8645 74 98%
1990 8715 0.002205153 8670 45 99%
1991 8793 0.002257517 8761 32 99%
1992 8487 0.002209601 8462 25 99%
1993 8140 0.002159161 8122 18 100%
1994 7764 0.002088581 7754 10 100%
1995 7470 0.002039932 7457 13 100%
1996 6982 0.001914493 6966 16 100%
1997 6662 0.001837525 6649 13 100%
1998 6484 0.001762924 6470 14 100%
1999 6398 0.001732177 6387 11 100%
2000 6225 0.001646992 6215 10 100%
2001 5766 0.001540437 5752 14 100%
2002 5491 0.001469048 5479 12 100%
2003 5041 0.001325965 5032 9 100%
2004 4855 0.001270823 4824 31 99%
2005 4483 0.001166182 4473 10 100%
2006 4112 0.001039613 4102 10 100%
2007 3699 0.000925526 3689 10 99%
2008 3505 0.000891987 3505 100%
2009 3169 0.000829837 3169 100%
2010 2884 0.000780635 2879 5 100%
2011 2713 0.000742005 2713 100%
2012 2588 0.000707933 2582 6 100%
2013 2667 0.000731958 2667 100%
2014 2640 0.000712707 2635 5 100%
2015 2638 0.000713284 2638 100%
2016 2525 0.000688788 2525 100%
2017 2420 0.000677348 2420 100%
2018 2359 0.000671745 2359 100%
2019 2235 0.000644869 2235 100%
2020 2225 0.00066737 2220 5 100%
2021 2095 0.000619875 2095 100%
2022 2097 0.000623755 2097 100%