Annual registration volume (number of births) for Mary across 146 years of SSA data.
Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020β2025)
+0.0%
10-Year Trend (2015β2025)
-15.6%
201520202025
π Popularity Milestones
Busiest Year on Record73,984births in 1921
Years in Top 100129 yrs
Years in Top 500146 yrs
Longest Streak146 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 91,668
1890s: 131,138
1900s: 161,504
1910s: 478,636
1920s: 701,755
1930s: 573,000
1940s: 640,080
1950s: 625,606
1960s: 355,240
1970s: 126,254
1980s: 95,862
1990s: 75,723
2000s: 46,337
2010s: 25,693
2020s: 12,985
π Sound & Spelling Structure
Phonetic SyllablesMa-ry
Letter Count4 letters
Spelling ComplexityEasy
Length Percentile
Longer than 1.4% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 1.4% of SSA names. Starts with M, a letter used by only 7.6% of SSA names.
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