girl's name

Mary-José

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Births on record 127

Mary-José is a girl's name. In 1956 it was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1946, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1945.

Mary-José over time

Births per decade in France, 1940s to 1950s. The striped bar is the 1950s, still in progress — it covers 1950 to 1956, not a full ten years.

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Births named Mary-José by decade in France
Decade Births
1940s 35
1950s (to 1956) 35

How popular is Mary-José?

In 1956, Mary-José was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Mary-José is used

France #1,322 5 in 1956
United States as Maryjose #16,506 5 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Mary-José is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Maryjose Maryjose is Mary-José written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #16,506. 57

Names that peaked alongside Mary-José

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mary-José also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mary-José over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mary-José

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mary-José — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mary-José

Is Mary-José a girl's or a boy's name?

Mary-José is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mary-José most popular?

Mary-José peaked in 1946, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.