Girls' name · since 1960
Marykaye
26 babies named Marykaye in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 26
- total births
- 1960–1963
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 100%
- born in that decade
Marykaye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 26 have been recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Marykaye recorded 26 times among girls since 1960, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1963.
- 26 total births
- 1960–1963 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 100% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marykaye's 26 recorded births place it above 41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marykaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marykaye splits its recorded history at 1962: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1963 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marykaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1963
- Peak year (1963)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Marykaye by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Marykaye's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Marykaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1960–1963 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marykaye: Baby Name Since 1960 - 26 Births, Peak 1963." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marykaye. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marykaye 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 July 2026.