Mary
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Mary is linked to the sea, read as “drop of the sea” and later “star of the sea,” from Latin stella maris. Mary also traces to the Hebrew Miriam, meaning “bitter” or “sea of bitterness.” Honoring the Virgin Mary, the name was once thought too sacred to use, then ranked first or second in the U.S. until 1965. Famous Marys include fossil hunter Mary Anning, Mary Pickford, Mary Tyler Moore, and Mary J. Blige.
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Usage of Mary in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Mary against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Mary is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Mary in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 2,230 girls were named Mary, making it the #125 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 4,141,481 girls have been named Mary, with the most (73,984) in 1921. It is most common, relative to births, in Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Mary in other languages
- Maria Arabic, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
- Mari Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Swedish, Welsh
- Miriam Czech, Dutch, French, Italian, Norwegian, Polish
- Marie Czech, Dutch, Finnish, French, Swedish
- Marija Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Serbian, Slovenian
- Marial Dutch, German, Spanish
- My Finnish, Swedish
- Mária Hungarian, Slovak
- Мария Bulgarian, Russian
- Mair Welsh
- María Spanish
Mary name days
- August 15 Norway
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Storms named Mary
Tropical storms, hurricanes, typhoons and cyclones that have been named Mary, newest first.
| Storm | Year | Ocean | Peak wind |
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| Typhoon Mary (Category 2) | 1977 | Western Pacific | 176 km/h |
| Typhoon Mary (Category 1) | 1974 | Western Pacific | 130 km/h |
| Tropical storm Mary | 1974 | Western Pacific | – |
| Tropical storm Mary | 1974 | Western Pacific | – |
| Hurricane Mary (Category 1) | 1971 | Eastern Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Typhoon Mary (Category 4) | 1968 | Western Pacific | 241 km/h |
| Typhoon Mary (Category 5) | 1965 | Western Pacific | 278 km/h |
| Tropical storm Mary | 1962 | Western Pacific | 83 km/h |
| Typhoon Mary (Category 1) | 1960 | Western Pacific | 148 km/h |
| Tropical storm Mary | 1960 | Western Pacific | – |
…and 2 earlier storms.
Source: IBTrACS, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. Peak wind is the highest sustained wind recorded for the storm.
Towns named Mary
There are 159 towns and villages with Mary in their name, in 33 countries.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom 50🇺🇸 United States 34🇲🇽 Mexico 13🇫🇷 France 10🇦🇺 Australia 6🇨🇦 Canada 4🇬🇾 Guyana 4🇯🇲 Jamaica 4
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Mary | Mary, 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 167,027 | Map |
| Lake Mary | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | 16,021 | Map |
| Mary Esther | Florida, 🇺🇸 United States | 4,238 | Map |
| Mary Tavy | England, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 840 | Map |
| Saint-Mary | New Aquitaine, 🇫🇷 France | 377 | Map |
| Saint Mary | Missouri, 🇺🇸 United States | 360 | Map |
| Mary | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, 🇫🇷 France | 195 | Map |
| Lake Mary | Queensland, 🇦🇺 Australia | 93 | Map |
| St Mary | Queensland, 🇦🇺 Australia | 72 | Map |
| Granja Mary | Jalisco, 🇲🇽 Mexico | 37 | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Lakes named Mary
There are 204 lakes and reservoirs with Mary in their name, in 7 countries.
🇺🇸 United States 126🇨🇦 Canada 64🇦🇺 Australia 9🇳🇿 New Zealand 2🇨🇱 Chile 1🇬🇧 United Kingdom 1🇲🇽 Mexico 1
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| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
| Lac Mary | Quebec, 🇨🇦 Canada | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Mary songs
10 songs and musical works on Wikidata have Mary in their title. The best known:
- Mary – Scissor Sisters (2004)
- Mary – Gemelli DiVersi (2003)
- Mary – Supergrass (1999)
- Mary
- Mary – Ditonellapiaga (2024)
- Mary – Bertolf Lentink (2012)
- Mary – Monique Brumby (1996)
- Mary – Joakim Berg
- Mary – Sarkodie (2015)
- Mary – John Cale
Song data: Wikidata (CC0), ordered by how widely each song is covered on Wikipedia.
Celebrities named Mary
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Mary.
Mary Alice
Mary Ann Acevedo
Mary Ann Gomes
Mary Ann Mobley
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Fictional characters named Mary
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Mary as a pet name
FurryName has found 146 dogs named Mary in public pet registers, making it the #1,182 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Zurich (4), Maple Ridge (2), Basel (2). Mary as a dog name →
FurryName has found 9 cats named Mary in public pet registers, making it the #1,095 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Fusagasugá (1), Corangamite Shire (1), Tacoma (1). Mary as a cat name →
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