Mary

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

Meaning

Mary is a feminine given name, the English form of the name Maria, which was in turn a Latin form of the Greek name Μαρία, María or Μαριάμ, Mariam, found in the Septuagint and New Testament.

From Wikipedia

Mary first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 480 babies (rank #74 that year). In 2024 it was given to 116 girls (rank #254). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Mary

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Mary yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

7,812
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
480
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991480#74
1992412#87
1993378#98
1994319#108
1995343#104
1996340#99
1997304#102
1998316#95
1999305#96
2000270#102
2001269#104
2002267#103
2003234#120
2004251#108
2005216#133
2006203#142
2007232#124
2008191#170
2009188#168
2010179#170
2011173#183
2012177#180
2013179#186
2014170#193
2015181#169
2016183#167
2017161#186
2018154#190
2019124#258
2020137#211
2021125#252
2022118#245
2023117#238
2024116#254