Marykay — #12252 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marykay

The Social Security Administration has registered 937 babies named Marykay between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marykay currently holds the #12252 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marykay performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 444 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Marykay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Marykay in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marykay 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 937 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.