Girls' name · since 1915
Maryjo
7,109 babies named Maryjo in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,057 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,109
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Maryjo currently ranks #9509 among girls' names in America, with 7,109 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryjo has been recorded 7,109 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #9509 nationally and more common than 45% 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 1915 to 2025.
- #2,057 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,509 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 7,109 born since 1915
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maryjo ranks #2,057 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,509 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 7,109 born since 1915, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,057 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 7,109
- born since 1915
- 1960s
- peak decade
Maryjo's 7,109 recorded births place it above 97.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
22 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Maryjo compares
7,109 Top 11% higher than 89% 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
Maryjo's all-time total is 19x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Maryjo | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 7,109 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 293 | 21 | 19,840 |
Maryjo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maryjo's full recorded timeline at 1970, 24% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 76% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 293 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maryjo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 293
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Maryjo by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (2,081 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Maryjo's strongest decade.
2,081 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Maryjo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 44
1910s
44 births
- 1920s 160
1920s
160 births
- 1930s 371
1930s
371 births
- 1940s
1940s
1,062 births
- 1950s
1950s
1,689 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,081 births
- 1970s 740
1970s
740 births
- 1980s 381
1980s
381 births
- 1990s 255
1990s
255 births
- 2000s 162
2000s
162 births
- 2010s 93
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 71
2020s
71 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 2,081 births (29% of all-time use).
How Maryjo 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 Maryjo's total volume
Maryjo by state
Where Maryjo concentrates geographically, total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 797 | 11.2% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 756 | 10.6% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 489 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 431 | 6.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 422 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 418 | 5.9% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 366 | 5.1% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 264 | 3.7% |
797 of 7,109 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Maryjo appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Maryjo's data
- Maryjo's decade-level peak was the 1960s (2,081 total births); usage has since declined to 71 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Maryjos (797 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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Names with a similar popularity rank to Maryjo
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maryjo: 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 (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Maryjo 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.