UK girl's name
Mary-Anne
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Mary-Anne is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Mary-Anne popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4843, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 1998, with 10 births.
This profile covers 111 England and Wales registrations across 24 recorded years from 1996 to 2024. 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 40% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 123 living people in the UK are called Mary-Anne. 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 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Mary-Anne ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 1998, when 10 girls were registered as Mary-Anne.
- • Mary-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #639 in 1995.
- • About 123 living people in the UK are estimated to have Mary-Anne as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4843
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
1998
10 births
Estimated living
123
2026
Popularity
Mary-Anne over time
The chart below shows babies named Mary-Anne registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1996 to 2024. 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-Anne, the clearest high point is 1998. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 10 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Mary-Anne by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Mary-Anne 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 | #4939 | 19 | 5 |
| 2010s | #4876 | 33 | 8 |
| 2000s | #3690 | 30 | 7 |
| 1990s | #2161 | 29 | 4 |
Geography
Where Mary-Anne is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Mary-Anne. 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-Anne ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #639 in 1995.
Across the UK
Mary-Anne in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#639 in 1995
4 years of NRS records, 13 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Mary-Anne
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Mary-Anne Cotterill
swimmer
British swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games silver medallist
1945-
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Mary-Anne Anson
daughter of Sir George Anson former wife of Charles Gregory Okeover, and later third wife of Robert Plumer Ward (1803-1875),
1803-1875
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Mary-Anne Warde
artist
British artist
Related
Names similar to Mary-Anne
- Megan 70,884
- Mia 67,204
- Molly 47,734
- Millie 44,390
- Maisie 32,671
- Matilda 29,965
- Maya 26,445
- Madison 18,441
- Maria 17,304
- Mollie 15,914
- Martha 15,116
- Maddison 14,918
FAQ
Mary-Anne: questions and answers
How popular is the name Mary-Anne in the UK right now?
In 2024, Mary-Anne was ranked #4843 for girls in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was Mary-Anne most popular?
The peak year on record was 1998, with 10 babies registered as Mary-Anne in England and Wales.
How many people are called Mary-Anne in the UK?
A total of 111 babies have been registered as Mary-Anne across the 24 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 13 more in Scotland.
Where is Mary-Anne most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Mary-Anne ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #639 in 1995. 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.