Maryellen
Maryellen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:MaryEllen Elia, American educator Maryellen Fullerton, American lawyer and academic Maryellen L.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Maryellen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Maryellen is a given name. Notable people with the name include:MaryEllen Elia, American educator Maryellen Fullerton, American lawyer and academic Maryellen L.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Maryellen
The earliest SSA record of Maryellen as a baby girl name dates back to 1891, when 5 babies received it. 1960 was its biggest year on record, with 471 newborns named Maryellen — #450 in the national rankings. About 23% of every Maryellen on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Maryellen ranks #6,640 for baby girls with 17 births, holding steady (-2%). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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About the name Maryellen
Maryellen is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1891 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Maryellen's peak popularity came in 1960 when it ranked #432. Use the chart and map above to compare Maryellen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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