Girl name#1,212 of girl names
Maryellen
Pronounced M EH1 R IY0 EH1 L AH0 N (ARPABET)
- 4 syllables
- Peaked 1960
- 134 years in use
How popular is Maryellen?
Maryellen is a girls' name, and first appears in 1891. It has been given to 13,120 children — the 1,212th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 214 births across the past decade, against a peak of 471 in a single year. That peak was in 1960.
Characteristics
- 4 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M EH1 R IY0 EH1 L AH0 N
- Stress pattern:
- 1010
- Syllables:
- 4
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Maryellen
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Maryellen
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Maryellen?
- Maryellen ranks 1,212th among girls' names in US records, with 13,120 births since 1891. Over the past decade it accounts for 214.
- Is Maryellen a unisex name?
- No. Maryellen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Maryellen most popular?
- 1960, when 471 children were given the name. It has been in use for 134 years and is still recorded as of 2024.