MARY is ranked as the 6th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 3,353,951.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 1051.87 people named MARY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MARY is 2,223,005.
The SSA data also shows that MARY is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MARY is
78.7% White,
5.8% Hispanic origin,
11.9% Black,
1.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MARY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MARY is included in the following name categories:
Feminine given name
English surname
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Greek feminine given name
Greek Old and New Testament surname
Biblical surname
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MARY
The state with the most people named
MARY is
California where
320,965 people have this name.
Wisconsin is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MARY, as
1476.1 in every 100,000
Wisconsinites
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Texas.
Wisconsin is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MARY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
134,992
1048.03
100.0%
Indiana
71,357
1081.68
100.0%
Iowa
41,289
1328.85
100.0%
Kansas
28,551
983.16
100.0%
Michigan
125,064
1262.01
100.0%
Minnesota
73,026
1338.16
100.0%
Missouri
36,482
1218.48
100.0%
Nebraska
19,500
1036.41
100.0%
North Dakota
5,436
735.11
99.9%
Ohio
133,769
1153.76
100.0%
South Dakota
8,162
956.65
99.9%
Wisconsin
84,987
1476.1
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name MARY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
6,737
914.5
99.9%
Arizona
63,498
943.3
100.0%
California
320,965
827.18
100.0%
Colorado
46,631
870.65
100.0%
Hawaii
6,015
423.69
99.9%
Idaho
10,564
646.33
99.9%
Montana
9,900
967.17
99.9%
Nevada
19,737
695.17
99.9%
New Mexico
21,699
1040.43
100.0%
Oregon
33,170
835.47
100.0%
Utah
13,391
455.04
99.9%
Washington
65,600
928.98
100.0%
Wyoming
5,269
901.92
99.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MARY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MARY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MARY.
The most popular full name is MARY Smith.
0.83% of all the people named MARY
have this family name.
There are 134276 last
names associated with this first name.