Marikay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marikay

The Social Security Administration has registered 212 babies named Marikay between 1940 and 1969, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marikay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marikay performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marikay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marikay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marikay in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 212 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.