first name
MARYELLEN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,249 people named Maryellen, 93.3% reported their origin as White and 4.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Maryellen peaked in 1960, when 472 babies got the name.
At least 13,144 babies have been given the name since 1891. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Maryellen by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #877. The largest share of babies named Maryellen, 45.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Maryellen is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maryellen has been most common in Massachusetts (5.3×), Connecticut (4.4×), and New Jersey (4×), and least common in Texas (0.08×).
9,588 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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