NameTides

Mary

Mary was the #125 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,230 babies), and #329 in England & Wales and #215 in Canada.

Mary as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Mary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020IrelandNorthern IrelandUSCanadaScotlandEngland & Wales
Mary as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0501001502001880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#125 (2,230)#329 (131)#256 (14)#161 (11)#112 (41)#215 (141)—
2024#131 (2,219)#337 (128)#315 (11)#134 (15)#105 (46)#265 (114)—
2023#132 (2,085)#301 (145)#250 (15)#171 (11)#130 (36)#223 (127)—
2022#134 (2,119)#330 (130)#303 (11)#201 (9)#87 (64)#242 (121)—
2021#132 (2,102)#318 (148)#245 (16)#152 (15)#127 (41)#257 (124)—
2020#123 (2,230)#291 (160)#399 (8)#129 (16)#82 (64)#209 (139)—
2019#126 (2,241)#289 (170)#304 (12)#167 (12)#92 (62)#231 (132)—
2018#126 (2,369)#259 (189)#275 (14)#195 (10)#58 (105)#188 (157)—
2017#126 (2,425)#320 (150)#304 (12)#122 (19)#91 (64)#185 (166)—
2016#126 (2,526)#250 (204)#276 (15)#112 (22)#84 (70)#163 (189)—
2015#123 (2,642)#249 (198)#340 (11)#116 (20)#74 (91)#168 (185)—
2014#120 (2,637)#225 (229)#430 (8)#129 (19)#77 (88)#186 (177)—
2013#118 (2,669)#244 (203)#254 (16)#167 (12)#81 (79)#178 (184)—
2012#121 (2,587)#241 (209)#335 (12)#139 (14)#71 (99)#176 (184)—
2011#112 (2,715)#250 (200)#317 (12)#127 (19)#69 (106)#178 (182)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1880 at #1.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 720 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 720common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 520common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Mary is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 710 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 690 to 1 in 730.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Mary by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #169WAIdaho: #133IDMontana: #71MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #171MNIllinois: #169ILMichigan: #149MINew York: #249NYMassachusetts: #155MAOregon: #169ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #109INOhio: #108OHPennsylvania: #94PANew Jersey: #253NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #320CAUtah: #172UTColorado: #223CONebraska: #182NEMissouri: #88MOKentucky: #81KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #112VAMaryland: #130MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #264AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #89KSArkansas: #33ARTennessee: #63TNNorth Carolina: #89NCSouth Carolina: #54SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #103OKLouisiana: #47LAMississippi: #6MSAlabama: #6ALGeorgia: #53GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #187TXFlorida: #216FL
Mary (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#24351
Quebec2025#5408

Mary (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MaryCanadaGirls#215141
MaryEngland & WalesGirls#329131
Mary-England & WalesGirls—too few
MaryIrelandGirls#11241
MaryNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
MaryNSWGirls—too few
MaryScotlandGirls#25614
MaryUSGirls#1252,230
MaryUSBoys—too few