Mary-Ann

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mary-Ann: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Mary-Ann: Recorded since 1946, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #260 in 1952, and it stood at #856 in 2023.

3registrars recorded it
51times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#260highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Mary-Ann's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#2411
1998	#1979
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#2783
2002	#2301
2003	#3099
2004	#2802
2005	#2438
2006	#2509
2007	#3667
2008	#3860
2009	#1909
2010	#2589
2012	#4838
2013	#1956
2014	#3160
2015	#3252
2016	#4763
2017	#4063
2018	#4684
2019	#5591
2020	#5493
2022	#2488
2023	#5687

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 23 of the 40 years from 1946 to 1985.

In 2023: #856 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5687 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1946–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1946
First recorded at #301 among girls in Norway in 1946 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1946–1985
Highest recorded position: #260 among girls in Norway, in 1952 (recorded 1946–1985).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #5687 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Ann appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 26 ranked years and 169 births registered; the earliest is Norway · Girls, from 1946.

Mary-Ann across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Mary-Ann's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#301 (1946)	#260 (1952)	#672 (1985)	23 of 40	178 (1946–1985)	14 (1967)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1364 (1996)	#5687 (2023)	26 of 28	169 (1996–2023)	14 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#856 (2023)	#856 (2023)	2 of 16	6 (2008–2023)	3 (2008)

Mary-Ann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Mary-Ann in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	31	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	65	10 of 10	7
2010s	57	9 of 10	6
2020s	16	3 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Mary-Ann appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #260 in Norway in 1952.

Mary-Ann's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#5591	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1956	14	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3860	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2509	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2438	8	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3099	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2301	7	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#672	4	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#612	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#296	13	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#462	6	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#470	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#267	14	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#532	4	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#510	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#381	7	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#495	4	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#357	8	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#327	9	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#270	12	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#264	12	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#315	9	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#288	10	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#351	7	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#260	12	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#346	6	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#311	8	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#384	5	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#301	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1946 and 2023, ranked in 49 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #260, first reached in 1952.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in Norway in 1967.

Its record falls into 9 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 62 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Marvin · #258, 54y
Trudy · #263, 50y
Alexandru · #253, 49y
Irma · #269, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Marry · #261, 13y
Hulda · #258, 16y
Martinus · #262, 35y
Marvin · #258, 54y

Mary-Ann was ranked #260 in Norway · Girls in 1952. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Mary-Ann and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Mary-Ann without appearing here.

Mary-Ann moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #5669.
Karen Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #1773 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2488 and #4645.
Ollie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2438 and #3970.
Kristy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3160 and #4684.

Moved ahead of Mary-Ann

Dylan Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #3148 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #1959.
Marilyn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #2673 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2063.
Malin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2346.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2488 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #2504.

Moved the opposite way to Mary-Ann

Anita Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 while Anita went from #152 to #38.
Ann Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 while Ann went from #104 to #40.
Anna Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 while Anna went from #46 to #14.
Cecilie Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 while Cecilie went from #325 to #21.

Moved the same way as Mary-Ann

Annie Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 and Annie from #192 to #434.
Åse Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 and Åse from #23 to #170.
Astrid Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 and Astrid from #16 to #97.
Aud Compare
Between 1946 and 1985 in Norway · Girls, Mary-Ann went from #301 to #672 and Aud from #13 to #388.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1946 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #260 in Norway in 1952. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Mary-Ann

Mary-Ann at a glance

What stands out in Mary-Ann's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mary-Ann across 3 official records

Mary-Ann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What stands out in Mary-Ann's record

Mary-Ann across 3 official records

Mary-Ann by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Ann appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Mary-Ann

Mary-Ann and the names beside it

Mary-Ann moved ahead of

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