How Many People Are Named Marykay?
people named Marykay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 427,765 people in the US has this name
Based on 937 babies named Marykay in Social Security records from 1940 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marykay in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marykay alive today is about 58 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marykay first appears in the records in 1940 and was given most often in 1961, to 72 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1940 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Marykay has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,312, in 1961.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,312 (1961) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,751 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marykay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marykay were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 64 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marykay was given 4.6 times as often in Pennsylvania, 3.2 times in Illinois and 2 times in New York.
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