Girls' name · since 1920
Maryjean
1,123 babies named Maryjean in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,123
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Maryjean is the #13337 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,123 recorded since 1920.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryjean has been recorded 1,123 times among girls since 1920, currently ranked #13337 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #6,920 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,337 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,123 born since 1920
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryjean ranks #6,920 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,337 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,123 born since 1920, peaking in the 1960s.
- #6,920 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,337 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,123
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Maryjean's 1,123 recorded births place it above 90.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maryjean compares
1,123 Top 30% higher than 70% 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
Maryjean's all-time total is 199% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maryjean | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,123 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maryjean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maryjean's full recorded timeline at 1964, 33% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 67% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1939, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 34 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maryjean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Maryjean by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (210 births, 19% of the file).
1960s was Maryjean's strongest decade.
210 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Maryjean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
111 births
- 1930s
1930s
107 births
- 1940s
1940s
209 births
- 1950s
1950s
203 births
- 1960s
1960s
210 births
- 1970s 78
1970s
78 births
- 1980s 75
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 50
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 19
2000s
19 births
- 2010s 38
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 210 births (19% of all-time use).
How Maryjean 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 Maryjean's total volume
Maryjean by state
Where Maryjean concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 100 | 8.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 33 | 2.9% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 23 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 5 | 0.4% |
100 of 1,123 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Maryjean's data
- Maryjean's decade-level peak was the 1960s (210 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maryjeans (100 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 Maryjean
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maryjean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Maryjean 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.