Mary

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1953 with 72 babies (rank #197 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

3Destiny numberThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,533

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Bible: Mary — mother of Jesus
In Sherlock Holmes: Mary Morstan — Watson's wife
In Downton Abbey: Lady Mary Crawley — the eldest daughter

Famous people named Mary

Mary ShelleyGerman–English translator · b. 1797
Mary Wollstonecraftfeminist · b. 1759
Mary, Queen of Scotsaristocrat · b. 1542
Mary Magdalenetheologian
Mary Iaristocrat · b. 1516

More popular girls' names

Other girls' names starting with M

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1952	70	#209
1953	72	#197
1954	67	#221
1955	63	#233
1956	60	#247
1957	53	#269
1958	56	#262
1959	62	#247
1960	45	#306
1961	40	#353
1962	45	#319
1963	55	#279
1964	61	#264
1965	57	#278
1966	50	#307
1967	56	#288
1968	39	#378
1969	42	#367
1970	38	#386
1971	28	#438
1972	30	#410
1973	14	#595
1974	17	#522
1975	16	#529
1976	16	#531
1977	14	#569
1978	13	#589
1979	14	#573
1980	15	#562
1981	19	#505
1982	14	#601
1983	14	#600
1984	15	#580
1985	14	#633
1986	13	#673
1987	12	#704
1988	18	#570
1989	12	#723
1990	8	#917
1991	10	#813
1992	8	#907
1993	10	#819
1994	9	#850
1995	8	#905
1996	3	#1,334
1997	3	#1,339
1998	11	#785
1999	11	#768
2000	8	#922
2001	16	#612
2002	17	#601
2003	10	#780
2004	10	#765
2005	4	#1,195
2006	6	#980
2007	4	#1,159
2008	7	#871
2009	6	#937
2010	4	#1,087
2011	6	#856
2012	7	#778
2013	4	#1,007
2014	4	#934