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Marykate

Gender
Girl
Say it
mair-ee-KAYT
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#4,276 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,458 for girls

Marykate is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).

Where does Marykate come from?

English: double name joining Mary and Kate

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

Marykate is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marykate in the UK?

Rank in 2025
4,276th among girls
Babies in 2025
5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 33% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Marykate, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 8 girls.

2025 had more girls named Marykate than any year since 2019.

Half of all the girls named Marykate in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 8 in 20112025
Marykate in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20255#4,276
20243#5,966
20234#4,915
20223#5,885
20214#4,864
20204#4,744
20195#4,214
20180–
20177#3,395
20165#4,290
20152#7,531
20144#4,888
20134#4,953
20122#7,797
20118#3,041
20105#4,220
20095#4,141
20086#3,589
20075#3,858
20060–
20050–
20042#6,098
20031#5,865
20020–
20016#2,587
20000–
19990–
19981#5,152
19970–
19963#3,935

How popular is Marykate in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,458th among girls
Babies in 2025
44 about 1 in 37,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Marykate, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Marykate than any year since 2006.

Half of all the girls named Marykate in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1958Busiest: 85 in 20012025
Marykate in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202544#3,458
202431#4,471
202327#4,870
202217#6,702
202126#4,960
202015#7,208
201928#4,772
201827#4,886
201734#4,219
201629#4,733
201519#6,450
201434#4,267
201325#5,315
201223#5,707
201125#5,356
201031#4,607
200932#4,570
200835#4,359
200736#4,212
200645#3,504
200550#3,122
200469#2,443
200347#3,128
200263#2,494
200185#1,991
200067#2,302
199970#2,150
199844#2,926
199763#2,171
199682#1,790
199573#1,895
199482#1,765
199383#1,759
199264#2,100
199159#2,209
199048#2,487
198943#2,613
198839#2,695
198728#3,254
198627#3,275
198534#2,748
198419#3,989
198324#3,339
198227#3,171
198128#3,066
198024#3,411
197922#3,541
197818#3,924
197718#3,910
197611#5,213
197512#4,852
197414#4,226
197311#4,869
197212#4,522
19716#7,386
197011#4,760
196910#4,722
196811#4,221
19678#4,981
196612#3,739
196510#4,201
196414#3,514
19639#4,538
196215#3,292
196113#3,607
196013#3,511
19598#4,624
19586#5,407

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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, “Marykate: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marykate, updated 20 October 2026.