first name
MARYJO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,800 people named Maryjo, 94.4% reported their origin as White, 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as two or more races. 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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Maryjo peaked in 1960, when 293 babies got the name.
At least 7,109 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Maryjo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,220. The largest share of babies named Maryjo, 50.2%, 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 Maryjo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Maryjo has been most common in Minnesota (5×), Wisconsin (4.1×), and Pennsylvania (3.1×), and least common in California (0.42×).
4,484 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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