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 0.037078351 8012 32 99%
1884 9253 0.038006086 9217 36 99%
1885 9166 0.038056251 9128 38 99%
1886 9921 0.038857728 9889 32 99%
1887 9935 0.040158939 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 0.04096305 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 0.038442254 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 0.037267521 16705 75 99%
1901 13194 0.038153678 13136 58 99%
1902 14542 0.037602171 14486 56 99%
1903 14338 0.037612803 14275 63 99%
1904 15019 0.037223194 14961 58 99%
1905 16135 0.038061246 16067 68 99%
1906 16446 0.038384788 16370 76 99%
1907 17650 0.03792518 17580 70 99%
1908 18744 0.038358822 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 0.032813732 32304 118 99%
1913 36768 0.032334603 36642 126 99%
1914 45473 0.0321059 45346 127 99%
1915 58346 0.03184085 58187 159 99%
1916 61602 0.031845253 61438 164 99%
1917 64439 0.032111123 64280 159 100%
1918 67534 0.031105733 67365 169 99%
1919 65990 0.031271249 65836 154 100%
1920 71178 0.031457901 70983 195 99%
1921 74171 0.031771619 73984 187 99%
1922 72362 0.031610776 72176 186 99%
1923 71838 0.031200258 71635 203 99%
1924 73758 0.030969806 73534 224 99%
1925 70846 0.030362979 70586 260 99%
1926 68105 0.029663684 67833 272 99%
1927 70925 0.030579584 70642 283 99%
1928 67166 0.029707139 66872 294 99%
1929 63838 0.029121036 63511 327 99%
1930 64493 0.029007938 64153 340 99%
1931 60624 0.028808376 60299 325 99%
1932 60211 0.028518571 59881 330 99%
1933 55835 0.027925221 55517 318 99%
1934 57233 0.027558051 56931 302 99%
1935 55351 0.026485 55074 277 99%
1936 54666 0.02631237 54374 292 99%
1937 55931 0.026250428 55643 288 99%
1938 56509 0.025539936 56225 284 99%
1939 55172 0.025039008 54900 272 99%
1940 56517 0.024543956 56214 303 99%
1941 58364 0.02395477 58049 315 99%
1942 63533 0.023256674 63255 278 99%
1943 66430 0.02353538 66176 254 99%
1944 62725 0.023317158 62472 253 99%
1945 59479 0.022420285 59281 198 99%
1946 67653 0.021172613 67467 186 99%
1947 71873 0.019951854 71689 184 99%
1948 68762 0.019916479 68598 164 100%
1949 67038 0.019237392 66869 169 99%
1950 65601 0.018725177 65482 119 100%
1951 65883 0.017884817 65722 161 100%
1952 65786 0.017321199 65627 159 100%
1953 64536 0.016746746 64390 146 100%
1954 68187 0.017129365 68019 168 100%
1955 63321 0.015770795 63173 148 100%
1956 61888 0.015010295 61743 145 100%
1957 61285 0.014584226 61103 182 99%
1958 55987 0.013543372 55846 141 99%
1959 54673 0.013148895 54504 169 99%
1960 51636 0.012430982 51468 168 99%
1961 47856 0.011552999 47688 168 99%
1962 43656 0.010818333 43498 158 99%
1963 41680 0.010530039 41543 137 99%
1964 41121 0.010577464 40987 134 99%
1965 34407 0.009490411 34271 136 99%
1966 28997 0.008342888 28889 108 99%
1967 25445 0.007495073 25318 127 99%
1968 21826 0.00646043 21725 101 99%
1969 19959 0.005743064 19851 108 99%
1970 19302 0.005351983 19203 99 99%
1971 16788 0.004891103 16702 86 99%
1972 13830 0.004400263 13756 74 99%
1973 12367 0.004099259 12313 54 99%
1974 11800 0.00388158 11739 61 99%
1975 11038 0.0036557 10972 66 99%
1976 10381 0.003421217 10319 62 99%
1977 10706 0.003370383 10654 52 99%
1978 10101 0.00318255 10040 61 99%
1979 10621 0.003192365 10556 65 99%
1980 11527 0.003346489 11475 52 99%
1981 11110 0.003211563 11043 67 99%
1982 10924 0.003114059 10851 73 99%
1983 9953 0.002873816 9896 57 99%
1984 9350 0.002680039 9294 56 99%
1985 9306 0.002607373 9239 67 99%
1986 8554 0.002404783 8507 47 99%
1987 8464 0.00234745 8395 69 98%
1988 8565 0.00231797 8517 48 99%
1989 8719 0.002267946 8645 74 98%
1990 8714 0.002204693 8669 45 99%
1991 8796 0.002258126 8764 32 99%
1992 8488 0.002209684 8463 25 99%
1993 8140 0.002158992 8122 18 100%
1994 7766 0.002088952 7756 10 100%
1995 7471 0.002040056 7458 13 100%
1996 6983 0.001914622 6967 16 100%
1997 6663 0.001837689 6650 13 100%
1998 6490 0.001764447 6476 14 100%
1999 6399 0.001732331 6388 11 100%
2000 6231 0.001648455 6221 10 100%
2001 5773 0.001542185 5759 14 100%
2002 5497 0.001470458 5485 12 100%
2003 5051 0.0013284 5042 9 100%
2004 4866 0.001273514 4835 31 99%
2005 4487 0.001167017 4477 10 100%
2006 4119 0.001041153 4109 10 100%
2007 3703 0.000926287 3693 10 99%
2008 3513 0.000893742 3513 100%
2009 3176 0.000831376 3176 100%
2010 2886 0.000780899 2881 5 100%
2011 2714 0.000741978 2714 100%
2012 2590 0.00070816 2584 6 100%
2013 2668 0.000731828 2668 100%
2014 2641 0.000712556 2636 5 100%
2015 2642 0.000713878 2642 100%
2016 2526 0.000688528 2526 100%
2017 2424 0.000677815 2424 100%
2018 2369 0.000673797 2369 100%
2019 2239 0.000645072 2239 100%
2020 2234 0.000668747 2229 5 100%
2021 2100 0.000619844 2100 100%
2022 2116 0.000625455 2116 100%
2023 2081 0.000628474 2081 100%
2024 2196 0.000659756 2196 100%