girls:
501 births since 1961
#5215 (9th percentile)
overall:
501 births since 1961
#7238 (6th percentile)
The name Marykathryn is the #7,238 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 501 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 6.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,215 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 501 births since 1961.
Marykathryn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (first recorded for girls in 1961). Birth data for Marykathryn is available in 46 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Marykathryn reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #809) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Marykathryn ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 44.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marykathryn".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Marykathryn", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Marycatherine" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Marycatherine..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marykathryn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.6% confident that Marykathryn is pronounced as MEH-ree-KA-thrihn, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree-ka-thrihn, at 27.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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