How rare is the name Marykay?

4,417 people in the United States have the first name Marykay, about 1 in 68,379. It ranks #4,300 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARYKAY

#4,300

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,417
About
1 in 68,379
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,417 people named Marykay, 96% reported their origin as White, 1.2% as two or more races and 1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marykay peaked in 1961, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402024
Peak year
1961
Births that year
72
In 2024
7 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 937 babies have been given the name since 1940. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Marykay by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,781. The largest share of babies named Marykay, 59.1%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1940s#5,22793
1950s#3,997195
1960s#2,781444
1970s#8,101104
1980s#17,52832
1990s#24,93725
2000s#36,59615
2010s#43,4487
2020s#26,00922
Silent Generation 1928–455.1%
Baby boom 1946–6459.1%
Generation X 1965–8025.8%
Millennials 1981–963.8%
Generation Z 1997–123%
2013 and later3.1%

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.

Either side of Marykay

#4,298 Lida · 4,419#4,299 Nino · 4,418#4,301 Tayla · 4,414#4,302 Antwon · 4,413

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marykay, most common first.

#5,715 Marika · 2,944#13,943 Maryjoy · 854#15,961 Marshay · 713#19,075 Marysa · 560#25,713 Marykaye · 367#26,383 Markey · 353#26,490 Marka · 351#27,750 Marky · 328

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