Marykay
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 937since 1940
Marykay over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marykay has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
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| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
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| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
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| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
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| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 |
| 1967 | #2,492 | 24 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 |
| 1964 | #1,361 | 68 |
| 1963 | #1,403 | 63 |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 |
| 1961 | #1,305 | 72 |
| 1960 | #1,695 | 44 |
| 1959 | #1,794 | 38 |
| 1958 | #2,260 | 25 |
| 1957 | #2,347 | 23 |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #3,269 | 12 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,245 | 20 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 |
| 1946 | #3,217 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 |
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First appearance
1940
The first year at least five girls were named Marykay! It came in at #3,208, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marykay is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marykay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1961 at #1,305 (72 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,866
- Highest: 1 in 27,866 girls born in 1964 were named Marykay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,305 in 1961, was only 1 in 28,035 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 47.4% of all girls named Marykay (444) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 93 | #2,237 (1945) | #3,403 |
| 1950s | 195 | #1,794 (1959) | #2,626 |
| 1960s | 444 | #1,305 (1961) | #1,956 |
| 1970s | 104 | #3,787 (1973) | #5,982 |
| 1980s | 32 | #7,312 (1983) | #9,318 |
| 1990s | 25 | #9,802 (1997) | #11,932 |
| 2000s | 15 | #15,784 (2003) | #16,392 |
| 2010s | 7 | #12,713 (2017) | #12,713 |
| 2020s | 22 | #11,169 (2023) | #11,845 |
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.
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