Maryellen
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · girls
- 1944 · 276 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,144since 1891
Maryellen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Maryellen has never cracked the top 400 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 |
| 2018 | #6,521 | 18 |
| 2017 | #6,531 | 18 |
| 2016 | #5,130 | 26 |
| 2015 | #5,653 | 23 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #5,317 | 25 |
| 2012 | #5,114 | 27 |
| 2011 | #5,358 | 25 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #4,761 | 31 |
| 2007 | #6,093 | 22 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 |
| 2004 | #4,093 | 34 |
| 2003 | #3,946 | 34 |
| 2002 | #3,810 | 34 |
| 2001 | #3,785 | 34 |
| 2000 | #3,808 | 33 |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 |
| 1998 | #3,730 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 |
| 1995 | #3,220 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,661 | 46 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #2,777 | 43 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #2,600 | 45 |
| 1989 | #2,304 | 51 |
| 1988 | #1,891 | 65 |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 |
| 1986 | #1,816 | 62 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,922 | 54 |
| 1983 | #1,689 | 65 |
| 1982 | #1,641 | 70 |
| 1981 | #1,433 | 85 |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 |
| 1979 | #1,377 | 89 |
| 1978 | #1,314 | 91 |
| 1977 | #1,286 | 91 |
| 1976 | #1,406 | 75 |
| 1975 | #1,175 | 98 |
| 1974 | #1,414 | 72 |
| 1973 | #1,088 | 105 |
| 1972 | #1,192 | 90 |
| 1971 | #1,113 | 106 |
| 1970 | #813 | 170 |
| 1969 | #872 | 144 |
| 1968 | #820 | 153 |
| 1967 | #695 | 197 |
| 1966 | #636 | 226 |
| 1965 | #586 | 265 |
| 1964 | #513 | 361 |
| 1963 | #516 | 354 |
| 1962 | #495 | 381 |
| 1961 | #477 | 417 |
| 1960 | #449 | 472 |
| 1959 | #504 | 373 |
| 1958 | #527 | 337 |
| 1957 | #589 | 268 |
| 1956 | #594 | 254 |
| 1955 | #551 | 271 |
| 1954 | #515 | 298 |
| 1953 | #546 | 254 |
| 1952 | #539 | 251 |
| 1951 | #480 | 294 |
| 1950 | #501 | 259 |
| 1949 | #483 | 276 |
| 1948 | #481 | 278 |
| 1947 | #467 | 308 |
| 1946 | #470 | 278 |
| 1945 | #481 | 225 |
| 1944 | #432 | 276 |
| 1943 | #477 | 237 |
| 1942 | #517 | 206 |
| 1941 | #490 | 201 |
| 1940 | #517 | 178 |
| 1939 | #558 | 144 |
| 1938 | #670 | 106 |
| 1937 | #657 | 107 |
| 1936 | #622 | 112 |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 |
| 1934 | #746 | 80 |
| 1933 | #834 | 64 |
| 1932 | #781 | 75 |
| 1931 | #912 | 58 |
| 1930 | #761 | 85 |
| 1929 | #922 | 60 |
| 1928 | #902 | 66 |
| 1927 | #739 | 93 |
| 1926 | #829 | 78 |
| 1925 | #890 | 69 |
| 1924 | #708 | 110 |
| 1923 | #718 | 103 |
| 1922 | #808 | 81 |
| 1921 | #837 | 78 |
| 1920 | #857 | 71 |
| 1919 | #909 | 60 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 |
| 1917 | #904 | 58 |
| 1916 | #1,189 | 36 |
| 1915 | #958 | 48 |
| 1914 | #1,199 | 26 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,007 | 19 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 |
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five girls were named Maryellen! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1893–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Maryellen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,088 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #5,554)
- 386 spots since 2020 (#5,168 → #5,554)
- 99 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #5,554)
- Biggest jump: 285 spots in 1917 (#1,189 → #904)
- Biggest drop: 300 spots in 1971 (#813 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · girls
53 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1944 at #432 (276 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 55 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 55 yrs · run 1917–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,284
- Highest: 1 in 4,284 girls born in 1960 were named Maryellen (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #432 in 1944, was only 1 in 4,809 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 22.6% of all girls named Maryellen (2,970) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 27 | #1,278 (1892) | #1,428 |
| 1900s | 47 | #1,084 (1908) | #1,409 |
| 1910s | 343 | #904 (1917) | #1,214 |
| 1920s | 809 | #708 (1924) | #821 |
| 1930s | 940 | #558 (1939) | #716 |
| 1940s | 2,463 | #432 (1944) | #482 |
| 1950s | 2,859 | #480 (1951) | #535 |
| 1960s | 2,970 | #449 (1960) | #606 |
| 1970s | 987 | #813 (1970) | #1,218 |
| 1980s | 648 | #1,433 (1981) | #1,798 |
| 1990s | 390 | #2,600 (1990) | #3,070 |
| 2000s | 296 | #3,785 (2001) | #4,668 |
| 2010s | 231 | #4,974 (2010) | #5,675 |
| 2020s | 134 | #4,671 (2022) | #5,614 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maryellen in 1951
girls
#480
294 births · 1 in 6,125 girls
Top girls' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 6,125 of them was named Maryellen, which outranked 92.3% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).