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Baby name
Mary
Girl
Origin of the name
Mary is the English form of Maria, which comes, through Greek, from the Hebrew Miryam, the name of the sister of Moses. Its original meaning is uncertain: “beloved,” “bitter” and “rebellious” have all been suggested.
Classic name
4,141,481births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 1rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Mary are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Mary is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Mary is most common in Mississippi (1.8 times), Alabama (1.7) and West Virginia (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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