Mary-Anne

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Mary-Anne: 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-Anne: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,697, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
24times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1697highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1997	#2152
1998	#1697
1999	#2444
2000	#3247
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2003	#4373
2004	#3725
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2010	#5707
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#4739
2015	#3615
2016	#5785
2017	#5765
2018	#5666
2020	#4535
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#5687
2024	#4843

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 England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1697 among girls in England and Wales, in 1998 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Anne 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-Anne in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	30	7 of 10	4
2010s	33	8 of 10	4
2020s	19	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

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

Mary-Anne appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1697 in England and Wales in 1998.

Mary-Anne'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#4535	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1697	10	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,697, first reached in 1998.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in England and Wales in 1998.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
9 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
4separate stretches the record falls into4 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
10births registered in its largest year, 1998Under 25 births →

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

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Candace · #1697, 23y
Farha · #1697, 23y
Khatija · #1697, 19y
Ramy · #1701, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Candace · #1697, 23y
Cansu · #1697, 16y
Farha · #1697, 23y
Khatija · #1697, 19y

Mary-Anne 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-Anne without appearing here.

Mary-Anne moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3725 and #3197 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.
Tyler Compare
In 2020 they stood at #5666 and #3518 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #3961 and #5581.
Rian Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5707 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #4838.

Moved ahead of Mary-Anne

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3615 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Francis Compare
In 2021 they stood at #3961 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #5669 and #2488.
Marilyn Compare
In 2002 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2003 that had become #4373 and #1843.
Ezra Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3615 and #1279.

Moved the opposite way to Mary-Anne

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Mary-Anne

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Anne went from #2350 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1697 in England and Wales in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mary-Anne

Mary-Anne at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Mary-Anne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Anne appears in

Popularity data

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Mary-Anne at a glance

Mary-Anne by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mary-Anne and the names beside it

Mary-Anne moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Mary-Anne

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