How Many People Are Named Maryellen?

9,218

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

About 1 in 37,077 people in the US has this name

Based on 13,144 babies named Maryellen in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,588

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,435

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Peak Year

1960

472 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Maryellen in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Maryellen alive today is about 60 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 73 in 2025.

Under 30 791
8.6%
30 to 59 2,455
26.6%
60 and over 5,972
64.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Maryellen first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1960, to 472 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Maryellen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #432, in 1944. In 2025 it ranked #5,653.

Girls
Rank in 2025#5,653
Best rank#432 (1944)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#571 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Maryellen were born in New York than in any other state: about 1,978 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Maryellen was given 4.7 times as often in Massachusetts, 4.1 times in Connecticut and 3.8 times in New Jersey.

New York 1,978
Pennsylvania 1,154
Massachusetts 1,009
New Jersey 830
Connecticut 365
Illinois 359
California 341
Ohio 243
Michigan 215
Wisconsin 97
Rhode Island 62
Texas 46
Maryland 23
Indiana 21
Minnesota 13
Florida 11
Missouri 11
Washington 5
Delaware 4
Maine 4
Iowa 3
Arizona 3

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