Girls' name · since 1899
Maryalice
Maryalice has 2,500 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,154 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,500
- born since 1899
- 1940s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maryalice is the #7154 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,500 recorded since 1899.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryalice has been recorded 2,500 times among girls since 1899, currently ranked #7154 nationally and more common than 59% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 2025.
- #4,047 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,154 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,500 born since 1899
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryalice ranks #4,047 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,154 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,500 born since 1899, peaking in the 1940s.
- #4,047 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,154 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,500
- born since 1899
- 1940s
- peak decade
Maryalice's 2,500 recorded births place it above 94.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maryalice compares
2,500 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Maryalice's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maryalice | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,500 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maryalice's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Maryalice splits its recorded history at 1967: 35% of all births land in the more recent half, 65% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1947 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Maryalice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–2025
- Peak year (1947)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 127 years of records
Maryalice by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (358 births, 14% of the file).
1940s was Maryalice's strongest decade.
358 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Maryalice births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 5
1890s
5 births
- 1900s 11
1900s
11 births
- 1910s 123
1910s
123 births
- 1920s
1920s
328 births
- 1930s
1930s
222 births
- 1940s
1940s
358 births
- 1950s
1950s
285 births
- 1960s
1960s
350 births
- 1970s
1970s
145 births
- 1980s
1980s
147 births
- 1990s 141
1990s
141 births
- 2000s 126
2000s
126 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s 91
2020s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 358 births (14% of all-time use).
How Maryalice compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Maryalice's total volume
Maryalice by state
Where Maryalice concentrates geographically, total births since 1899
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 192 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 129 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 50 | 2.0% |
| #4 | California | | 32 | 1.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 20 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 17 | 0.7% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 13 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.4% |
192 of 2,500 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Maryalice appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maryalice's data
- Maryalice's decade-level peak was the 1940s (358 total births); usage has since declined to 91 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maryalices (192 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Maryalice
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maryalice: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~126 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1899–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maryalice draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.