Girl · Name family
Mary
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- Mary 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Maria 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Marie 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mariah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Mariya 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mari 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Mariyah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Marya 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Marija 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇦🇷🏴
- Maryah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴
- Marry 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦
- Marye 🇺🇸🇫🇷
- Maariyah 🇺🇸🇫🇷🏴🇨🇦
- Marriah 🇺🇸
- Mariia 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇵🇱🇨🇦
- Marrie 🇺🇸
- Maariya 🏴
- Mahari 🇺🇸
- Mariha 🇺🇸🏴
- Maaria 🇺🇸🏴
11,913,733births recorded
31Countries
20Variants
1953Peak · Montevideo (Uruguay)
#1Portugal 2023
Mary is a girl name family recorded 11,913,733 times in 31 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in Portugal (#1 in 2023). Its all-time peak was in Montevideo in 1953, at 13,249.1 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Maria (Argentina, Montevideo (Uruguay), Spain), Marie (France, Ontario).
Popularity by country
Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.
Which form wins where
Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.
Rank in countries that publish top lists only
All forms of Mary
| Variants | Language | Total births | Country | Latest rank | Peak year | 10-year trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary | English | 4,156,654 | 🇺🇸 United States | #125 | 1891 | ▼ 6 % |
| Mary | English | 118,322 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #243 | 1922 | ▼ 22 % |
| Mary | English | 42,871 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | #112 | 1964 | ▼ 39 % |
| Mary | English | 10,894 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | #223 | 1924 | ▲ 9 % |
| Mary | English | 9,024 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #2141 | 1932 | ▼ 54 % |
| Mary | English | 7,334 | 🏴 England & Wales | #329 | 1997 | ▼ 19 % |
| Maria | Spanish | 3,043,655 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #35 | 1922 | ▼ 54 % |
| Maria | Spanish | 570,389 | 🇺🇸 United States | #87 | 1966 | ▲ 14 % |
| Maria | Spanish | 144,240 | 🇫🇷 France | #60 | 1900 | ▲ 63 % |
| Maria | Spanish | 128,846 | 🇺🇾 Montevideo (Uruguay) | #5 | 1953 | ▼ 62 % |
| Maria | Spanish | 119,735 | 🇪🇸 Spain | #4 | 2002 | – |
| Maria | Spanish | 89,482 | 🇵🇱 Poland | #11 | 2018 | ▲ 2 % |
| Marie | French | 2,256,975 | 🇫🇷 France | #101 | 1900 | ▼ 39 % |
| Marie | French | 542,270 | 🇺🇸 United States | #617 | 1899 | ▼ 5 % |
| Marie | French | 127,657 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #616 | 1935 | ▼ 25 % |
| Marie | French | 15,104 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | #32 | 2000 | ▼ 46 % |
| Marie | French | 13,448 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #3 | 2021 | ▼ 9 % |
| Marie | French | 11,803 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | #32 | 1985 | – |
| Mariah | English | 115,279 | 🇺🇸 United States | #447 | 1996 | ▼ 63 % |
| Mariah | English | 1,704 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #590 | 1999 | ▼ 59 % |
| Mariah | English | 1,310 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1166 | 1996 | ▶ 2 % |
| Mariah | English | 701 | 🇨🇦 British Columbia | – | 1995 | – |
| Mariah | English | 590 | 🇨🇦 Alberta | #626 | 1999 | ▼ 40 % |
| Mariah | English | 305 | 🇫🇷 France | #2034 | 2020 | ▲ 88 % |
| Mariya | Spanish | 25,847 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | #132 | 1991 | ▼ 61 % |
| Mariya | Spanish | 8,777 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | #2 | 2011 | – |
| Mariya | Spanish | 2,639 | 🇺🇸 United States | #3832 | 2009 | ▼ 57 % |
| Mariya | Spanish | 1,405 | 🇫🇷 France | #487 | 2022 | ▲ 152 % |
| Mariya | Spanish | 1,190 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1315 | 2007 | ▼ 30 % |
| Mariya | Spanish | 68 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 2023 | – |
| Mari | French | 16,645 | 🇺🇸 United States | #1611 | 1957 | ▲ 63 % |
| Mari | French | 2,147 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | #2921 | 1935 | ▼ 75 % |
| Mari | French | 946 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1051 | 2023 | ▲ 23 % |
| Mari | French | 375 | 🇫🇷 France | #7209 | 1917 | ▲ 27 % |
| Mari | French | 177 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1585 | 1931 | new |
| Mari | French | 110 | 🏴 Scotland | – | 1984 | – |
| Mariyah | English | 6,555 | 🇺🇸 United States | #2387 | 2011 | ▼ 70 % |
| Mariyah | English | 971 | 🏴 England & Wales | #1584 | 2011 | ▼ 40 % |
| Mariyah | English | 185 | 🇫🇷 France | #1850 | 2022 | ▲ 279 % |
| Mariyah | English | 37 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | #1284 | 2013 | ▼ 2 % |
| Marya | French | 2,211 | 🇺🇸 United States | #6838 | 1974 | ▼ 2 % |
| Marya | French | 1,005 | 🇫🇷 France | #862 | 2022 | ▼ 13 % |
| Marya | French | 253 | 🏴 England & Wales | #2604 | 1997 | ▲ 75 % |
| Marya | French | 42 | 🇨🇦 Québec | – | 2017 | – |
| Marya | French | 6 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | – | 2024 | – |
| Marya | French | 5 | 🇨🇦 Alberta | – | 2013 | – |
| Marija | Slovene | 519 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 2010 | – |
| Marija | Slovene | 492 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | #122 | 1992 | ▲ 10 % |
| Marija | Slovene | 487 | 🇦🇹 Austria | #200 | 2025 | ▲ 120 % |
| Marija | Slovene | 325 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | #541 | 2002 | ▲ 21 % |
| Marija | Slovene | 134 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1998 | – |
| Marija | Slovene | 110 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2023 | – |
| Maryah | English | 2,186 | 🇺🇸 United States | #7885 | 2008 | ▼ 73 % |
| Maryah | English | 55 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2022 | – |
| Maryah | English | 17 | 🏴 England & Wales | – | 2001 | – |
| Marry | English | 1,873 | 🇺🇸 United States | #13208 | 1904 | ▲ 29 % |
| Marry | English | 13 | 🇨🇦 Ontario | – | 1942 | – |
| Marry | English | 5 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2003 | – |
| Marye | English | 1,557 | 🇺🇸 United States | – | 1909 | – |
| Marye | English | 5 | 🇫🇷 France | – | 2009 | – |
How we grouped these names
- Mary ↔ Marie — checked by hand
- Mary ↔ Maria — checked by hand
- Mary ↔ Mariya — checked by hand
- Mary ↔ Marija — checked by hand
- Mary ↔ Mariia — checked by hand
- Maria ↔ Mariah — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Mariyah — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Marya — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Maryah — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Maariyah — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Marriah — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Maariya — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Mariha — spelling variant
- Maria ↔ Maaria — spelling variant
Questions about Mary
How popular is the name Mary?
In 2023 it ranked #1 in Portugal. Official registers record 11,913,733 births across 31 countries.
What is Mary in other languages?
Maria (Spanish); Marie (French); Mariah (English); Mariya (Spanish); Mari (French); Mariyah (English); Marya (French); Marija (Slovene); Maryah (English); Marry (English).
When was Mary most popular?
It peaked in Montevideo in 1953, at 13,249.1 births per 100,000.
Is Mary a boy or a girl name?
In official birth registers, Mary is a girl name.