Given name & surname
Maryellen
Maryellen is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maryellen isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1891. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maryellen through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 13,144
- 0 boys · 13,144 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 472 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,654 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,654 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 472 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 26,249 as a first name in 2020; 132 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Maryellen’s family of names
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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