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 0.036058292 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 0.039415777 11754 50 99%
1889 11689 0.040453926 11648 41 99%
1890 12113 0.040188983 12078 35 99%
1891 11743 0.040963192 11704 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 0.037896998 14406 50 99%
1899 13222 0.038976047 13172 50 99%
1900 16780 0.037267439 16705 75 99%
1901 13194 0.038153678 13136 58 99%
1902 14542 0.037602171 14486 56 99%
1903 14338 0.037612606 14275 63 99%
1904 15019 0.037223194 14961 58 99%
1905 16135 0.038061067 16067 68 99%
1906 16446 0.038384788 16370 76 99%
1907 17650 0.037925098 17580 70 99%
1908 18744 0.038358744 18665 79 99%
1909 19339 0.037828818 19259 80 99%
1910 22947 0.038846407 22848 99 99%
1911 24488 0.038008437 24390 98 99%
1912 32422 0.032813765 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 0.031845286 61438 164 99%
1917 64439 0.032111123 64280 159 100%
1918 67534 0.03110572 67365 169 99%
1919 65990 0.031271219 65836 154 100%
1920 71178 0.031457901 70983 195 99%
1921 74171 0.031771645 73984 187 99%
1922 72362 0.031610791 72176 186 99%
1923 71838 0.031200217 71635 203 99%
1924 73758 0.030969767 73534 224 99%
1925 70846 0.030362939 70586 260 99%
1926 68106 0.029664222 67834 272 99%
1927 70925 0.030579543 70642 283 99%
1928 67164 0.029706452 66870 294 99%
1929 63837 0.0291207 63510 327 99%
1930 64493 0.029007938 64153 340 99%
1931 60623 0.028808188 60298 325 99%
1932 60211 0.028518746 59881 330 99%
1933 55835 0.027925432 55517 318 99%
1934 57233 0.027558235 56931 302 99%
1935 55355 0.026487269 55078 277 99%
1936 54665 0.026312103 54373 292 99%
1937 55932 0.026251366 55644 288 99%
1938 56505 0.025538152 56221 284 99%
1939 55171 0.025038758 54899 272 99%
1940 56517 0.024544468 56214 303 99%
1941 58363 0.023954822 58048 315 99%
1942 63532 0.023256818 63254 278 99%
1943 66432 0.023536114 66178 254 99%
1944 62726 0.02331773 62473 253 99%
1945 59478 0.022420255 59280 198 99%
1946 67658 0.021174384 67472 186 99%
1947 71870 0.019951364 71686 184 99%
1948 68764 0.019917127 68600 164 100%
1949 67036 0.019237021 66867 169 99%
1950 65602 0.01872541 65483 119 100%
1951 65882 0.017884633 65721 161 100%
1952 65786 0.017321194 65627 159 100%
1953 64536 0.016746886 64390 146 100%
1954 68189 0.017129971 68021 168 100%
1955 63321 0.015770983 63173 148 100%
1956 61888 0.015010291 61743 145 100%
1957 61284 0.014584268 61102 182 99%
1958 55987 0.013542242 55846 141 99%
1959 54666 0.013151231 54497 169 99%
1960 51645 0.012432831 51476 169 99%
1961 47853 0.011553246 47686 167 99%
1962 43651 0.010818572 43493 158 99%
1963 41681 0.01052994 41544 137 99%
1964 41118 0.010576803 40984 134 99%
1965 34409 0.009490878 34273 136 99%
1966 28996 0.008342802 28888 108 99%
1967 25447 0.007495693 25320 127 99%
1968 21822 0.006459341 21721 101 99%
1969 19958 0.005742732 19850 108 99%
1970 19302 0.005352 19203 99 99%
1971 16787 0.004890912 16701 86 99%
1972 13832 0.004400866 13758 74 99%
1973 12367 0.004099306 12313 54 99%
1974 11802 0.003882237 11741 61 99%
1975 11035 0.003654732 10969 66 99%
1976 10381 0.003421204 10319 62 99%
1977 10706 0.00337047 10654 52 99%
1978 10100 0.003182285 10039 61 99%
1979 10621 0.003192403 10556 65 99%
1980 11526 0.003346214 11474 52 99%
1981 11110 0.003211601 11043 67 99%
1982 10924 0.003114077 10851 73 99%
1983 9952 0.00287358 9895 57 99%
1984 9350 0.002680115 9294 56 99%
1985 9306 0.002607471 9239 67 99%
1986 8554 0.002404872 8507 47 99%
1987 8464 0.002347531 8395 69 98%
1988 8562 0.002317273 8514 48 99%
1989 8718 0.002267754 8644 74 98%
1990 8715 0.002205075 8670 45 99%
1991 8795 0.002257972 8763 32 99%
1992 8488 0.002209795 8463 25 99%
1993 8139 0.002158809 8121 18 100%
1994 7765 0.00208878 7755 10 100%
1995 7471 0.002040131 7458 13 100%
1996 6983 0.001914701 6967 16 100%
1997 6663 0.001837749 6650 13 100%
1998 6488 0.00176396 6474 14 100%
1999 6397 0.001731845 6386 11 100%
2000 6228 0.00164771 6218 10 100%
2001 5771 0.001541702 5757 14 100%
2002 5495 0.001469985 5483 12 100%
2003 5045 0.001326928 5036 9 100%
2004 4862 0.001272564 4831 31 99%
2005 4487 0.001167108 4477 10 100%
2006 4119 0.001041257 4109 10 100%
2007 3700 0.000925635 3690 10 99%
2008 3513 0.000893871 3513 100%
2009 3172 0.000830477 3172 100%
2010 2885 0.000780754 2880 5 100%
2011 2713 0.000741834 2713 100%
2012 2589 0.000708026 2583 6 100%
2013 2667 0.000731727 2667 100%
2014 2640 0.000712471 2635 5 100%
2015 2640 0.000713543 2640 100%
2016 2525 0.000688476 2525 100%
2017 2421 0.000677256 2421 100%
2018 2366 0.000673278 2366 100%
2019 2237 0.000644893 2237 100%
2020 2230 0.000668096 2225 5 100%
2021 2097 0.000619555 2097 100%
2022 2114 0.000625701 2114 100%
2023 2062 0.00062537 2062 100%