Mary
Girl nameMary has been given to 4,156,654 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1921 and currently ranks #125 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ˈmɛə.ɹi/
From Middle English Marie, from Old French Marie, from Latin Maria, from Ancient Greek Μαρία (María), Μαριάμ (Mariám), from Aramaic מַרְיָם (maryām) or Biblical Hebrew מִרְיָם (miryām), of uncertain meaning (see the Hebrew entry for more). Doublet of Miriam, Marie, Maria, and Mariah.
Origin: Aramaic, Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
4,156,654
Peak year
1921 (74,171 babies)
Rank in 2025
#125 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -16%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Mary
Mary Shelley
English writer (1797–1851)
Mary Wollstonecraft
English writer and intellectual (1759–1797)
Liz Truss
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
Vivien Leigh
British actress (1913–1967)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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