Mary
#1 most common girls' name of all time · #6 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#1
Rank overall
#6 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
4,156,654
Since 2016
22,551
Peak year
1921 #1
Best rank
#1 1880
🏆 The #1 girls' name in America — 76 separate years
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Girls
Boys
peak 74,171/yr
Mary is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,230 | — | 2,230 | #125 |
| 2024 | 2,219 | — | 2,219 | #131 |
| 2023 | 2,085 | — | 2,085 | #132 |
| 2022 | 2,119 | — | 2,119 | #134 |
| 2021 | 2,102 | — | 2,102 | #132 |
| 2020 | 2,230 | 5 | 2,235 | #123 |
| 2019 | 2,241 | — | 2,241 | #126 |
| 2018 | 2,369 | — | 2,369 | #126 |
| 2017 | 2,425 | — | 2,425 | #126 |
| 2016 | 2,526 | — | 2,526 | #126 |
| 2015 | 2,642 | — | 2,642 | #123 |
| 2014 | 2,637 | 5 | 2,642 | #120 |
| 2013 | 2,669 | — | 2,669 | #118 |
| 2012 | 2,587 | 6 | 2,593 | #121 |
| 2011 | 2,715 | — | 2,715 | #112 |
| 2010 | 2,882 | 5 | 2,887 | #108 |
| 2009 | 3,177 | — | 3,177 | #102 |
| 2008 | 3,514 | — | 3,514 | #96 |
| 2007 | 3,697 | 10 | 3,707 | #93 |
| 2006 | 4,116 | 10 | 4,126 | #80 |
| 2005 | 4,481 | 10 | 4,491 | #72 |
| 2004 | 4,838 | 31 | 4,869 | #62 |
| 2003 | 5,043 | 9 | 5,052 | #59 |
| 2002 | 5,487 | 12 | 5,499 | #49 |
| 2001 | 5,762 | 14 | 5,776 | #48 |
| 2000 | 6,222 | 10 | 6,232 | #46 |
| 1999 | 6,390 | 11 | 6,401 | #45 |
| 1998 | 6,478 | 14 | 6,492 | #44 |
| 1997 | 6,650 | 13 | 6,663 | #46 |
| 1996 | 6,968 | 16 | 6,984 | #44 |
| 1995 | 7,458 | 13 | 7,471 | #40 |
| 1994 | 7,758 | 10 | 7,768 | #37 |
| 1993 | 8,124 | 18 | 8,142 | #36 |
| 1992 | 8,463 | 25 | 8,488 | #36 |
| 1991 | 8,764 | 32 | 8,796 | #38 |
| 1990 | 8,670 | 45 | 8,715 | #35 |
| 1989 | 8,645 | 74 | 8,719 | #38 |
| 1988 | 8,518 | 48 | 8,566 | #34 |
| 1987 | 8,395 | 69 | 8,464 | #37 |
| 1986 | 8,507 | 47 | 8,554 | #37 |
| 1985 | 9,240 | 67 | 9,307 | #35 |
| 1984 | 9,293 | 56 | 9,349 | #33 |
| 1983 | 9,897 | 57 | 9,954 | #32 |
| 1982 | 10,851 | 73 | 10,924 | #30 |
| 1981 | 11,042 | 67 | 11,109 | #27 |
| 1980 | 11,474 | 52 | 11,526 | #25 |
| 1979 | 10,555 | 65 | 10,620 | #24 |
| 1978 | 10,040 | 61 | 10,101 | #24 |
| 1977 | 10,656 | 52 | 10,708 | #21 |
| 1976 | 10,315 | 62 | 10,377 | #22 |
| 1975 | 10,973 | 66 | 11,039 | #19 |
| 1974 | 11,738 | 61 | 11,799 | #13 |
| 1973 | 12,313 | 54 | 12,367 | #14 |
| 1972 | 13,757 | 74 | 13,831 | #13 |
| 1971 | 16,703 | 86 | 16,789 | #9 |
| 1970 | 19,204 | 99 | 19,303 | #9 |
| 1969 | 19,850 | 108 | 19,958 | #8 |
| 1968 | 21,727 | 101 | 21,828 | #6 |
| 1967 | 25,316 | 127 | 25,443 | #4 |
| 1966 | 28,890 | 108 | 28,998 | #3 |
| 1965 | 34,270 | 136 | 34,406 | #2 |
| 1964 | 40,985 | 134 | 41,119 | #2 |
| 1963 | 41,546 | 137 | 41,683 | #2 |
| 1962 | 43,502 | 158 | 43,660 | #2 |
| 1961 | 47,682 | 168 | 47,850 | #1 |
| 1960 | 51,472 | 169 | 51,641 | #1 |
| 1959 | 54,502 | 169 | 54,671 | #1 |
| 1958 | 55,848 | 141 | 55,989 | #1 |
| 1957 | 61,102 | 182 | 61,284 | #1 |
| 1956 | 61,741 | 145 | 61,886 | #1 |
| 1955 | 63,174 | 148 | 63,322 | #1 |
| 1954 | 68,019 | 168 | 68,187 | #1 |
| 1953 | 64,389 | 146 | 64,535 | #1 |
| 1952 | 65,629 | 159 | 65,788 | #2 |
| 1951 | 65,721 | 161 | 65,882 | #2 |
| 1950 | 65,481 | 119 | 65,600 | #2 |
| 1949 | 66,874 | 169 | 67,043 | #2 |
| 1948 | 68,597 | 164 | 68,761 | #2 |
| 1947 | 71,690 | 184 | 71,874 | #2 |
| 1946 | 67,471 | 186 | 67,657 | #1 |
| 1945 | 59,278 | 198 | 59,476 | #1 |
| 1944 | 62,476 | 253 | 62,729 | #1 |
| 1943 | 66,174 | 254 | 66,428 | #1 |
| 1942 | 63,256 | 278 | 63,534 | #1 |
| 1941 | 58,048 | 315 | 58,363 | #1 |
| 1940 | 56,216 | 303 | 56,519 | #1 |
| 1939 | 54,900 | 272 | 55,172 | #1 |
| 1938 | 56,225 | 284 | 56,509 | #1 |
| 1937 | 55,641 | 288 | 55,929 | #1 |
| 1936 | 54,377 | 292 | 54,669 | #1 |
| 1935 | 55,076 | 277 | 55,353 | #1 |
| 1934 | 56,929 | 302 | 57,231 | #1 |
| 1933 | 55,517 | 318 | 55,835 | #1 |
| 1932 | 59,883 | 330 | 60,213 | #1 |
| 1931 | 60,299 | 325 | 60,624 | #1 |
| 1930 | 64,153 | 340 | 64,493 | #1 |
| 1929 | 63,512 | 327 | 63,839 | #1 |
| 1928 | 66,871 | 294 | 67,165 | #1 |
| 1927 | 70,642 | 283 | 70,925 | #1 |
| 1926 | 67,832 | 272 | 68,104 | #1 |
| 1925 | 70,586 | 260 | 70,846 | #1 |
| 1924 | 73,534 | 224 | 73,758 | #1 |
| 1923 | 71,634 | 203 | 71,837 | #1 |
| 1922 | 72,177 | 186 | 72,363 | #1 |
| 1921 | 73,984 | 187 | 74,171 | #1 |
| 1920 | 70,983 | 195 | 71,178 | #1 |
| 1919 | 65,836 | 154 | 65,990 | #1 |
| 1918 | 67,365 | 169 | 67,534 | #1 |
| 1917 | 64,280 | 159 | 64,439 | #1 |
| 1916 | 61,438 | 164 | 61,602 | #1 |
| 1915 | 58,187 | 159 | 58,346 | #1 |
| 1914 | 45,346 | 127 | 45,473 | #1 |
| 1913 | 36,642 | 126 | 36,768 | #1 |
| 1912 | 32,304 | 118 | 32,422 | #1 |
| 1911 | 24,390 | 98 | 24,488 | #1 |
| 1910 | 22,848 | 99 | 22,947 | #1 |
| 1909 | 19,259 | 80 | 19,339 | #1 |
| 1908 | 18,665 | 79 | 18,744 | #1 |
| 1907 | 17,580 | 70 | 17,650 | #1 |
| 1906 | 16,370 | 76 | 16,446 | #1 |
| 1905 | 16,067 | 68 | 16,135 | #1 |
| 1904 | 14,961 | 58 | 15,019 | #1 |
| 1903 | 14,275 | 63 | 14,338 | #1 |
| 1902 | 14,486 | 56 | 14,542 | #1 |
| 1901 | 13,136 | 58 | 13,194 | #1 |
| 1900 | 16,705 | 75 | 16,780 | #1 |
| 1899 | 13,172 | 50 | 13,222 | #1 |
| 1898 | 14,406 | 50 | 14,456 | #1 |
| 1897 | 13,413 | 63 | 13,476 | #1 |
| 1896 | 13,811 | 57 | 13,868 | #1 |
| 1895 | 13,447 | 47 | 13,494 | #1 |
| 1894 | 13,151 | 48 | 13,199 | #1 |
| 1893 | 12,784 | 55 | 12,839 | #1 |
| 1892 | 13,172 | 50 | 13,222 | #1 |
| 1891 | 11,704 | 39 | 11,743 | #1 |
| 1890 | 12,078 | 35 | 12,113 | #1 |
| 1889 | 11,648 | 41 | 11,689 | #1 |
| 1888 | 11,754 | 50 | 11,804 | #1 |
| 1887 | 9,888 | 47 | 9,935 | #1 |
| 1886 | 9,889 | 32 | 9,921 | #1 |
| 1885 | 9,128 | 38 | 9,166 | #1 |
| 1884 | 9,217 | 36 | 9,253 | #1 |
| 1883 | 8,012 | 32 | 8,044 | #1 |
| 1882 | 8,148 | 30 | 8,178 | #1 |
| 1881 | 6,919 | 29 | 6,948 | #1 |
| 1880 | 7,065 | 27 | 7,092 | #1 |