Girls' name · since 1914
Marycatherine
Since 1914, U.S. Social Security records show 955 babies named Marycatherine, peaking in 1997. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #7,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,506 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 955
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
955 babies have been named Marycatherine since 1914, making it today's #9506 girls' name.
Marycatherine has 955 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9506 as of the latest data, more common than 45% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.
- #7,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,506 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 955 born since 1914
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marycatherine ranks #7,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,506 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 955 born since 1914, peaking in the 1990s.
- #7,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,506 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 955
- born since 1914
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marycatherine's 955 recorded births place it above 89.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Marycatherine compares
955 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Marycatherine's all-time total is 154% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marycatherine | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 955 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marycatherine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marycatherine splits its recorded history at 1992: 62% of all births land in the more recent half, 38% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1947 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marycatherine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
Marycatherine by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (247 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Marycatherine's strongest decade.
247 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Marycatherine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 67
1960s
67 births
- 1970s 75
1970s
75 births
- 1980s
1980s
152 births
- 1990s
1990s
247 births
- 2000s
2000s
190 births
- 2010s
2010s
139 births
- 2020s 56
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 247 births (26% of all-time use).
How Marycatherine 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 Marycatherine's total volume
Marycatherine by state
Where Marycatherine concentrates geographically, total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.5% |
10 of 955 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Marycatherine's data
- Marycatherine's decade-level peak was the 1990s (247 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Marycatherines (10 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
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marycatherine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~111 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, 1914–2025 (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 Marycatherine 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.