Mary

Meaning and origin of Mary

Popularity of Mary in France since 1986

• Its record year, in INSEE figures going back to 1900, was 1945.
• Over recent years, Mary has been stable (−1.7% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Mary every 91 schools, all spellings combined.

Mary in English-speaking countries

Mary ranks 113^th in Ireland, 131^st in United States and 149^th in Northern Ireland, against 1,285^th in France.

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  113^th girls’ name123 babies in 3 years1 girl in 527−9.5% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  149^th girls’ name37 babies in 3 years1 girl in 608

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  187^th girls’ name66 babies in 3 years1 girl in 636+5.8% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  131^st girls’ name6,534 babies in 3 years1 girl in 740−0.2% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  202^nd girls’ name49 babies in 3 years1 girl in 810

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  255^th girls’ name135 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,144−6.4% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  273^rd girls’ name40 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,360

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  321^st girls’ name404 babies in 3 years1 girl in 1,901−3.2% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. Counted as written: other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Mari10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Mary

• Marylou
• Hosanna
• Mariana
• Maryem
• Michelle
• Mariem
• Martha
• Judy
• Nava
• Johanne
• Molly
• Jaël

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin