Maryl — girls' name
318 babies named Maryl in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Maryl was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Maryl in 1946 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Maryl
The Social Security Administration has registered 318 babies named Maryl between 1917 and 1993, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Maryl currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Maryl performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Maryl shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Maryl in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Maryl 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 318 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.
Maryl at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Maryl popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1917
- Peak year (1946)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
318 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1946 with 20 births in a single year.
Maryl by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 108 births that decade — 34% of Maryl's all-time total
Maryl decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Maryl's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Maryl by state
Where Maryl concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.9% |
6 of 318 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% 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, 1917–1993 (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.