UK girl's name
Mary-Ann
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2023. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Mary-Ann is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Mary-Ann popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2023 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5687, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2013, with 14 births.
This profile covers 169 England and Wales registrations across 26 recorded years from 1996 to 2023. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 21% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 171 living people in the UK are called Mary-Ann. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2024 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Mary-Ann ranked #5687 for girls in England and Wales in 2023, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2013, when 14 girls were registered as Mary-Ann.
- • Mary-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #512 in 1983.
- • About 171 living people in the UK are estimated to have Mary-Ann as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5687
2023
Births in 2023
3
Latest year
Peak year
2013
14 births
Estimated living
171
2026
Popularity
Mary-Ann over time
The chart below shows babies named Mary-Ann registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2023. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Mary-Ann, the clearest high point is 2013. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2023, compared with 14 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mary-Ann by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Mary-Ann was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4556 | 16 | 3 |
| 2010s | #3877 | 57 | 9 |
| 2000s | #2928 | 65 | 10 |
| 1990s | #2245 | 31 | 4 |
Geography
Where Mary-Ann is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Mary-Ann. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Mary-Ann ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #512 in 1983.
Across the UK
Mary-Ann in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#512 in 1983
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
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- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Mary-Ann: questions and answers
How popular is the name Mary-Ann in the UK right now?
In 2023, Mary-Ann was ranked #5687 for girls in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Mary-Ann most popular?
The peak year on record was 2013, with 14 babies registered as Mary-Ann in England and Wales.
How many people are called Mary-Ann in the UK?
A total of 169 babies have been registered as Mary-Ann across the 26 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Mary-Ann most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Mary-Ann ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #512 in 1983. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.