girls:
930 births since 1940
#4786 (16th percentile)
overall:
930 births since 1940
#6809 (12th percentile)
The name Marykay is the #6,809 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 930 recorded births since 1940. This represents the 12.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,786 (16.2% percentile) for all time with 930 births since 1940.
Marykay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1940 (first recorded for girls in 1940). Birth data for Marykay is available in 55 out of the 84 years between 1940 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, Marykay reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 8.5% percentile (ranked #721) with 35 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 35 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marykay ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 13.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marykay".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marykay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.2% confident that Marykay is pronounced as MEH-ree-KAY, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree-kay, at 30.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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