The name Mary is of Greek origin, and means bitterness.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mary has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Mary
Use of the Name Mary for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
4,080,169
975,414
197,612
60,504
26,892
9,655
4,701
The table below indicates the number of times the name Mary has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Mary
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
1
7,066
332
27
1881
1
6,920
301
29
1882
1
8,149
315
30
1883
1
8,013
292
32
1884
1
9,217
293
36
1885
1
9,129
271
38
1886
1
9,891
305
32
1887
1
9,888
237
47
1888
1
11,754
248
50
1889
1
11,649
262
41
1890
1
12,079
293
35
1891
1
11,708
259
39
1892
1
13,174
251
50
1893
1
12,784
232
55
1894
1
13,153
251
48
1895
1
13,449
261
47
1896
1
13,811
242
57
1897
1
13,414
211
63
1898
1
14,406
251
50
1899
1
13,172
236
50
1900
1
16,717
234
75
1901
1
13,138
231
58
1902
1
14,481
249
56
1903
1
14,269
230
63
1904
1
14,964
252
58
1905
1
16,062
239
68
1906
1
16,360
225
76
1907
1
17,569
252
70
1908
1
18,642
236
79
1909
1
19,215
248
80
1910
1
22,794
237
99
1911
1
24,313
262
98
1912
1
32,229
350
118
1913
1
36,544
376
125
1914
1
45,263
428
125
1915
1
58,134
430
159
1916
1
61,384
437
164
1917
1
64,258
449
158
1918
1
67,372
458
168
1919
1
65,839
482
154
1920
1
70,959
429
195
1921
1
73,899
449
189
1922
1
72,151
451
187
1923
1
71,614
426
202
1924
1
73,508
411
223
1925
1
70,562
368
263
1926
1
67,816
357
266
1927
1
70,552
350
280
1928
1
66,814
328
295
1929
1
63,510
305
329
1930
1
64,060
307
339
1931
1
60,258
306
322
1932
1
59,834
305
331
1933
1
55,437
299
317
1934
1
56,876
313
302
1935
1
55,057
329
277
1936
1
54,368
313
292
1937
1
55,612
319
289
1938
1
56,193
332
284
1939
1
54,913
341
270
1940
1
56,220
325
304
1941
1
57,974
329
313
1942
1
63,290
363
279
1943
1
65,976
384
252
1944
1
62,419
377
253
1945
1
59,297
426
196
1946
1
67,328
461
191
1947
2
71,574
498
180
1948
2
68,567
515
164
1949
2
66,817
509
171
1950
2
65,428
641
118
1951
2
65,545
534
160
1952
2
65,697
559
157
1953
1
64,268
595
146
1954
1
67,989
564
169
1955
1
63,140
605
149
1956
1
61,740
634
142
1957
1
61,099
569
184
1958
1
55,821
650
141
1959
1
54,464
599
169
1960
1
51,473
604
169
1961
1
47,616
614
167
1962
2
43,481
613
158
1963
2
41,556
672
136
1964
2
40,990
668
134
1965
2
34,288
643
136
1966
3
28,890
712
109
1967
4
25,333
668
126
1968
5
21,744
744
101
1969
8
19,876
752
108
1970
9
19,204
813
99
1971
9
16,701
879
86
1972
13
13,779
942
73
1973
14
12,323
1974
13
11,767
1975
19
10,969
1976
22
10,323
1977
21
10,653
1978
24
10,040
1979
24
10,532
1980
26
11,466
1981
27
11,009
1982
30
10,836
1983
32
9,888
1984
34
9,269
1985
35
9,217
1986
37
8,469
1987
37
8,372
1988
34
8,449
1989
38
8,618
1990
35
8,628
1991
38
8,715
1992
37
8,405
1993
38
8,056
1994
38
7,711
1995
40
7,390
1996
44
6,909
1997
46
6,595
1998
45
6,393
1999
45
6,325
2000
47
6,143
2001
49
5,684
2002
51
5,410
2003
59
4,954
2004
63
4,701
Totals:
4,080,169
13,799
During the last 125 years, parents have used Mary as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.