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Maryellen

Gender
Girl
Say it
mair-ee-EL-en
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#4,935 for girls
US rank, 2025
#5,553 for girls

Maryellen is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).

What does Maryellen mean?

Modern: combination of Mary and Ellen

A combination of Mary and Ellen, an English form of Helen.

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

Maryellen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Maryellen in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#4,935among girls
Babies in 2025
4about 1 in 70,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Maryellen, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 5 girls.

2025 had more girls named Maryellen than any year since 2017.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 5 in 20072025
Maryellen in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20254#4,935
20240–
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20190–
20180–
20175#4,250
20164#4,980
20150–
20144#4,888
20133#6,003
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20075#3,858
20063#5,259
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20011#5,353
20000–
19990–
19980–
19971#5,110

How popular is Maryellen in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,553among girls
Babies in 2025
22about 1 in 73,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 3% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Maryellen, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 472 girls. It first appears in the records in 1891.

Half of all the girls named Maryellen in the US since 1880 were born between 1945 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.

1891Busiest: 472 in 19602025
Maryellen in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202522#5,553
202417#6,639
202318#6,404
202229#4,668
202124#5,233
202024#5,165
201917#6,694
201818#6,517
201718#6,527
201626#5,129
201523#5,651
201424#5,454
201325#5,315
201227#5,112
201125#5,356
201028#4,972
200922#6,088
200831#4,760
200722#6,089
200623#5,708
200529#4,577
200434#4,089
200334#3,942
200234#3,806
200134#3,781
200033#3,803
199930#3,891
199831#3,727
199735#3,299
199641#2,896
199535#3,215
199446#2,656
199342#2,820
199243#2,772
199142#2,784
199045#2,595
198951#2,299
198865#1,887
198759#1,917
198662#1,815
198562#1,808
198454#1,922
198365#1,689
198270#1,641
198185#1,433
198075#1,552
197989#1,377
197891#1,314
197791#1,286
197675#1,406
197598#1,175
197472#1,414
1973105#1,088
197290#1,192
1971106#1,113
1970170#813
1969144#872
1968153#820
1967197#695
1966226#636
1965265#586
1964361#513
1963354#516
1962381#495
1961417#477
1960472#449
1959373#504
1958337#527
1957268#588
1956254#593
1955271#550
1954298#514
1953254#545
1952251#538
1951294#479
1950259#500
1949276#482
1948278#480
1947308#467
1946278#470
1945225#481
1944276#432
1943237#477
1942206#517
1941201#490
1940178#517
1939144#558
1938106#670
1937107#657
1936112#622
1935109#621
193480#746
193364#834
193275#781
193158#912
193085#761
192960#922
192866#902
192793#739
192678#829
192569#890
1924110#708
1923103#718
192281#808
192178#837
192071#857
191960#909
191854#977
191758#904
191636#1,189
191548#958
191426#1,199
191322#1,176
191215#1,421
191119#1,007
19105#2,398
19099#1,471
190814#1,084
19070–
19066#1,727
19050–
19046#1,658
19030–
19020–
19010–
190012#1,105
18990–
18986#1,501
18970–
18960–
18955#1,592
18940–
18935#1,437
18926#1,278
18915#1,332

Nicknames for Maryellen

Names like Maryellen

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Maryellen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maryellen, updated 20 October 2026.