How Many People Are Named Mamie?

12,068

people named Mamie are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 28,321 people in the US has this name

Based on 78,185 babies named Mamie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,198

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,215

See the top 100

Peak Year

1919

1,800 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: MAY-mee
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Diminutive of MARY or MARGARET.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
99.9%
Male
0.1%

Almost all of the babies given the name Mamie (99.9%) were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Mamie alive today is about 70 years old, and 78% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 83 in 2025.

Under 30 707
5.9%
30 to 59 1,922
15.9%
60 and over 9,439
78.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Mamie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 1,800 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Mamie never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #53, in 1888, and it was in the top 100 for 33 years, 1880 to 1912. In 2025 it ranked #6,248.

Girls
Rank in 2025#6,248
Best rank#53 (1888)
Years in the top 10033 (1880 to 1912)
Rank in its biggest decade#159 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Mamie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Mamie were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 1,279 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mamie was given 5 times as often in South Carolina, 4.3 times in Georgia and 4 times in Mississippi.

Georgia 1,279
North Carolina 1,132
South Carolina 1,067
Mississippi 937
Alabama 919
Texas 704
Florida 490
Tennessee 436
Virginia 384
Louisiana 367
Arkansas 263
New York 234
Illinois 198
Pennsylvania 189
California 189
Kentucky 147
Ohio 125
Michigan 105
Missouri 89
Maryland 84
Oklahoma 72
West Virginia 56
New Jersey 52
Indiana 23
District of Columbia 10
Iowa 2
Arizona 1
Kansas 1

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