Every U.S. State’s Most Popular Name by Generation (With Maps)
It ’s almost impossible to minimize how popular the name Mary once was in the United States . For starters , it wasranked firstin the U.S. for girls ’ births file with the Social Security Administration almost every yearfrom the 1880suntil 1961 ( apart from a brief six - twelvemonth period in the 1940s and ’ 50 when it was overcome by Linda ) . And in the100 yearsfrom 1924–2023 , in total just shy of 3 million lady friend were register as being named Mary — almost as many as the 2nd ( Patricia ) and third ( Jennifer ) most popular U....