Marykatherine — #8522 US girls' name
821 babies named Marykatherine in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Marykatherine was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Marykatherine in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marykatherine
The Social Security Administration has registered 821 babies named Marykatherine between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marykatherine currently holds the #8522 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marykatherine performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marykatherine shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marykatherine in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marykatherine in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 821 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marykatherine at a glance
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Current rank
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Marykatherine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1971
- Peak year (1994)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
Currently ranks #8522 among girls.
821 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 34 births in a single year.
Marykatherine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 242 births that decade — 29% of Marykatherine's all-time total
Marykatherine decade highlights
- Peak decade 242 births
- Runner-up 228 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marykatherine's strongest decade
242 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Marykatherine by state
Where Marykatherine concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 13 | 1.6% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 7 | 0.9% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Texas | | 5 | 0.6% |
13 of 821 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 1.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.9% of nationwide
- California 0.6% of nationwide
- Texas 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 1.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.