Mary-Kate
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-ee-KAYT
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Mary-Kate is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Mary-Kate mean?
Hebrew: Mary + Kate
Joins Mary (Hebrew) and Kate (Greek, “associated with katharos, pure”).
Meanings borrowed from Mary and Kate.
Is Mary-Kate a girl's or a boy's name?
Mary-Kate is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mary-Kate in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Mary-Kate, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mary-Kate in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 397th in Northern Ireland.
Mary-Kate in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 2 | #7,489 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 12 | #2,268 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,464 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 8 | #3,060 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 12 | #2,265 |
| 2010 | 12 | #2,234 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 17 | #1,369 |
| 2002 | 15 | #1,399 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
Names like Mary-Kate
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabelle, Grace, Mia, Ella, Millie, Madeleine, Madeline, Mariam, Elise, Jasmine, Eve, Olivia
Names related to Mary-Kate
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mary-Kate: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mary-kate, updated 20 October 2026.