Mary Variations & Nicknames
Honor Mary with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 2,230#125 | Down 2 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 2,887#87 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 474#618 | Down 1 rank positions in five years | 1920 | ||
A familiar short form or diminutive in the Mary family. | 11,078#6 | Up 2 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 1,601#196 | Down 23 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 1,262#246 | Up 22 rank positions in five years | 1924 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 693#448 | Down 146 rank positions in five years | 1996 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 594#501 | Up 75 rank positions in five years | 1918 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 19#6,248 | Down 989 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 183#1,233 | Up 481 rank positions in five years | 1919 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 212#1,116 | Down 25 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 79#2,318 | Up 683 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 589#505 | Up 132 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | 129#1,620 | Up 377 rank positions in five years | 1957 | ||
A familiar short form or diminutive in the Mary family. | 41#3,683 | Down 99 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 869#351 | Up 156 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
A familiar short form or diminutive in the Mary family. | 17#6,731 | Up 6,261 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
A familiar short form or diminutive in the Mary family. | 78#2,346 | Down 109 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 38#3,878 | Up 354 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 16#7,021 | Up 1,231 rank positions in five years | 1971 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Mary. | —Unranked | — | 1920 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 13#8,191 | Up 80 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
An international form or spelling in the Mary family. | 5#16,366 | Down 4,638 rank positions in five years | 2011 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.