Maryann
Feminine · “bitter or beloved”
Maryann is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 62,953 girls against 52 boys since 1880.
Maryann is two of the most-used women's names in the world run into one. Mary and Ann were the commonest pair in English-speaking naming for two centuries, and the space between them eventually closed.
How old is the name Maryann?
Maryann was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Maryann alive today was born around 1950, making them about 75 years old. About 43,000 people named Maryann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Maryann most popular?
Maryann peaked in 1943, reaching #135 nationally. Today it ranks #1769, 1,634 places below that high. See the whole 1943 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Miryam + channah to Maryann
The story of Maryann
Paired given names were a strong habit in English and American naming, and Mary Ann was by some distance the commonest of them — so common that it became a single written word, and so common that 'Mary Ann' entered British slang for various objects. The single-word Maryann appears in American registers in real numbers through the twentieth century, peaking in the mid-1950s.
Meaningscholars disagree
bitter or beloved, and grace
Mary goes back to the Hebrew Miryam, whose meaning has never been settled — 'bitter', 'beloved' and 'rebellious' have all been proposed. Ann is from the Hebrew channah, 'grace' or 'favor', which is secure. A compound name carries both rather than choosing.
How the name formed
- Miryam + channah
- Mary Ann
- Maryann
Related forms: Maryanne · Marianne · Marianna
Pronouncing Maryann
MAIR-ee-an
Three syllables, stress on the first. Marianne, the French form, moves the stress to the end.
Nicknames for Maryann
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19421,926 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #135reached in 1943
- Change vs 2022
- +16.3%114 in 2025, from 98
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Maryann in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Maryanne in English — spelling variant
- Marianne in French — related form
- Marianna in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas.
Maryanns among us
people named Maryann are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,099 born in 2025 was named Maryann
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Maryann
- #1769
- Maryann on the 2025 chart
- #624
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maryann went to 114 girls in 2025, but Marian, Maryan and Mariann are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 358, which makes it the 624th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,145 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 4,490 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 14,099 for Maryann itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Miriam test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maryann's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Miriam climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Miriam's path sketches the road Maryann is walking now.
Maryann is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Maryann is headed
Maryann should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Maryann beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Maryann in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two of the most-used women's names in the world stand behind it rather than one.
- Mary and Annie are two short forms at opposite ends of the register.
- The compound is instantly readable and needs no explaining.
- Several spellings are in use and none is standard.
- Mary's own meaning is genuinely unsettled.
- It is closely tied to mid-century American naming.
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Feminine · #1769 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Maryanns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 43,000 people named Maryann are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Maryann?
- Maryann is one of 4 recorded spellings. Marian is the more common one — 217 births in 2025 against 114 for Maryann.
- How popular is the name Maryann in 2025?
- Maryann ranks #1769 among US girl names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Maryann?
- About 1 in every 14,099 US girls born in 2025 was named Maryann — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Maryann with classmates?
- Maryann will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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