# Maryellen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/maryellen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,144 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,144 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 54, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 5,481 |
| 2012 | 27 | 5,199 |
| 2013 | 25 | 5,430 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,568 |
| 2015 | 23 | 5,773 |
| 2016 | 26 | 5,229 |
| 2017 | 18 | 6,714 |
| 2018 | 18 | 6,697 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,929 |
| 2020 | 24 | 5,265 |
| 2021 | 24 | 5,351 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,746 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,578 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,840 |
| 2025 | 22 | 5,654 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Maryellen

- Mary Ellen Weber, American astronaut
- Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer (1940–2015)
- Mary Ellen Rudin, American mathematician (1924–2013)
- Mary Ellen Trainor, American actress (1952-2015)
- Mary Ellen Clark, American diver, Olympic bronze medalist
- Mary Ellen Avery, American pediatrician (1927-2011)
- Mary Ellen Chase, American educator, teacher, scholar, and author (1887–1973)
- Mary Ellen Kay, American television and film actress
- Mary Ellen Edwards, British illustrator (1838-1934)
- Rosamund Pike, English actress (born 1979)
- Marion Harris, American singer (1896-1944)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.