girl's name

Maryjane

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 14,817

Northern Ireland

#368

as Mary-Jane, 2014

Maryjane is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 109 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2009, when 309 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 30,416 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1889.

Maryjane over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,287
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Maryjane by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 17
1900s 40
1910s 498
1920s 1,491
1930s 1,149
1940s 1,843
1950s 1,239
1960s 1,095
1970s 454
1980s 366
1990s 636
2000s 2,287
2010s 2,011
2020s (to 2025) 858

How popular is Maryjane?

In 2025, Maryjane was given to 109 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Maryjane is used

Northern Ireland as Mary-Jane #368 4 in 2014
Scotland as Mary-Jane #820 3 in 2015
Ireland as Mary-Jane #846 3 in 2020
United States #1,836 109 in 2025
Canada as Mary-Jane #1,969 17 in 2024
England & Wales as Mary-Jane #3,370 7 in 2025
France as Mary-Jane #3,720 5 in 2012

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Maryjane is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Mary-Jane Mary-Jane is Maryjane written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. 627
Mary Jane Mary Jane is Maryjane written as two words, used in Ireland, where it ranks #914. 9

Names that peaked alongside Maryjane

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

Parents who like Maryjane also like

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

Sibling names for Maryjane

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

Common questions about Maryjane

How popular is the name Maryjane?

In 2025, Maryjane was given to 109 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Maryjane a girl's or a boy's name?

Maryjane is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Maryjane most popular?

Maryjane peaked in 2009, when 309 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Maryjane a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Maryjane currently ranks #1,836 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.