Girls' name · since 1958
Marykate
2,189 babies named Marykate in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,477 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,189
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marykate currently ranks #3477 among girls' names in America, with 2,189 babies recorded since 1958.
Marykate has 2,189 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3477 as of the latest data, more common than 80% 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 1958 to 2025.
- #4,429 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,477 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,189 born since 1958
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marykate ranks #4,429 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,477 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,189 born since 1958, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,429 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,477 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,189
- born since 1958
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marykate's 2,189 recorded births place it above 93.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Marykate compares
2,189 Top 21% higher than 79% 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
Marykate's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marykate | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,189 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 85 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marykate's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marykate splits its recorded history at 1992: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1958 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 85 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marykate popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 85
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Marykate by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (668 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Marykate's strongest decade.
668 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Marykate births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 14
1950s
14 births
- 1960s 115
1960s
115 births
- 1970s 135
1970s
135 births
- 1980s
1980s
293 births
- 1990s
1990s
668 births
- 2000s
2000s
529 births
- 2010s
2010s
275 births
- 2020s 160
2020s
160 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 668 births (31% of all-time use).
How Marykate 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 Marykate's total volume
Marykate by state
Where Marykate concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 221 | 10.1% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 154 | 7.0% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 114 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 110 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 100 | 4.6% |
| #6 | California | | 68 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Florida | | 6 | 0.3% |
221 of 2,189 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Marykate appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marykate's data
- Marykate's decade-level peak was the 1990s (668 total births); usage has since declined to 160 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Marykates (221 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 Marykate: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Marykate 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.