Girls' name · since 1880
Maryann
Since 1880, U.S. Social Security records show 62,953 babies named Maryann, peaking in 1943. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 62,953
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
62,953 babies have been named Maryann since 1880, making it today's #1770 girls' name.
Maryann has 62,953 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1770 as of the latest data, more common than 90% of girls, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #513 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,770 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 62,953 born since 1880
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryann ranks #513 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,770 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 62,953 born since 1880, peaking in the 1940s.
- #513 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,770 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 62,953
- born since 1880
- 1940s
- peak decade
Maryann's 62,953 recorded births place it above 99.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maryann compares
62,953 Top 3% higher than 97% 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
Maryann's all-time total is 167x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maryann | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 62,953 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,050 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maryann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Maryann's SSA record in two at 1955 and the more recent half accounts for 43% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 57%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1887, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1943 peak of 2,050, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Maryann popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1943)
- 2,050
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Maryann popularity over time - boys
52 total births recorded since 1933 (Maryann as boys' name)
Maryann by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (17,053 births, 27% of the file).
1940s was Maryann's strongest decade.
17,053 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Maryann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 36
1880s
36 births
- 1890s 91
1890s
91 births
- 1900s 178
1900s
178 births
- 1910s 1,088
1910s
1,088 births
- 1920s 2,870
1920s
2,870 births
- 1930s
1930s
8,443 births
- 1940s
1940s
17,053 births
- 1950s
1950s
12,236 births
- 1960s
1960s
9,227 births
- 1970s 3,704
1970s
3,704 births
- 1980s 2,841
1980s
2,841 births
- 1990s 1,807
1990s
1,807 births
- 2000s 1,631
2000s
1,631 births
- 2010s 1,180
2010s
1,180 births
- 2020s 568
2020s
568 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 17,053 births (27% of all-time use).
How Maryann 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 Maryann's total volume
Maryann by state
Where Maryann concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12,640 | 20.1% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 9,219 | 14.6% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 6,086 | 9.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 3,896 | 6.2% |
| #5 | California | | 3,670 | 5.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 3,006 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 2,843 | 4.5% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 2,625 | 4.2% |
12,640 of 62,953 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Maryann appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maryann's data
- Maryann's decade-level peak was the 1940s (17,053 total births); usage has since declined to 568 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maryanns (12,640 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maryann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1943)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Maryann 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.