Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Mary

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Mary
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

73,984

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

97%

2024

2,196

All-time

4,139,160

Mary once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 73,984 girls were named Mary.

In 2024, only 2,196 girls were given the name.

Down 97% from its peak.

All told, about 4,139,160 Americans have been named Mary and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97% from peak

192173,984 girls named Mary

20242,196 girls named Mary

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