Mary

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #125in 2025
  • 1 in 720girls in 2025
  • −6%last ten years
  • 6.2×in Mississippi

Most popular in 1880, the first year on record.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

038,82177,64218801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Mary, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188077,642
188175,245
188275,551
188371,332
188471,439
188568,603
188668,420
188767,735
188865,804
188965,304
189063,443
189163,100
189262,033
189360,046
189458,994
189557,558
189658,049
189757,272
189855,671
189956,527
190055,723
190154,883
190254,856
190354,491
190454,332
190555,096
190655,436
190755,185
190855,831
190955,465
191057,624
191158,306
191257,880
191358,670
191459,542
191559,142
191658,830
191759,449
191858,192
191958,256
192059,237
192160,000
192260,097
192359,380
192458,880
192557,982
192657,223
192759,242
192857,981
192956,882
193056,978
193156,633
193256,115
193355,080
193454,518
193552,525
193652,266
193752,293
193850,954
193950,063
194049,160
194148,048
194246,831
194347,427
194447,073
194545,351
194642,939
194740,440
194840,401
194939,088
195038,225
195136,494
195235,392
195334,226
195435,027
195532,309
195630,752
195729,881
195827,763
195926,935
196025,457
196123,623
196222,120
196321,554
196421,630
196519,415
196617,073
196715,334
196813,245
196911,766
197010,985
197110,039
19729,043
19738,444
19747,998
19757,527
19767,040
19776,950
19786,554
19796,575
19806,911
19816,620
19826,408
19835,924
19845,519
19855,370
19864,959
19874,829
19884,783
19894,689
19904,567
19914,674
19924,590
19934,491
19944,344
19954,241
19963,975
19973,820
19983,666
19993,602
20003,426
20013,200
20023,054
20032,760
20042,635
20052,425
20062,165
20071,923
20081,858
20091,729
20101,621
20111,543
20121,469
20131,521
20141,476
20151,480
20161,425
20171,405
20181,393
20191,335
20201,379
20211,281
20221,292
20231,299
20241,370
20251,387

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Mississippi 6.2×
  2. Alabama 5.9×
  3. District of Columbia 3.6×
  4. Arkansas 2.9×
  5. Louisiana 2.8×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,230
Rank in 2025
#125
How rare
1 in 720 girls
Since 1880
4,141,481

Most popular in 1880, at 77,643 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 6% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Mississippi6.2×227
Alabama5.9×441
District of Columbia3.6×32
Arkansas2.9×122
Louisiana2.8×193

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.