What was the most popular name for a female infant born in the U.S. during 1916 through 2015?
Correct answer: Mary
GrandmaTanya
I know quite a few women named Mary but I wasn't aware of the meanings of the name. It did give me a chuckle that they like to hear their name! LOL 😁
Mari
well, I was named Maria, for Mary Magdalene, but now use Mari. When I was 7, I wanted the American Mary instead of the Russian Maria, which English - speakers tend to mispronounce. I like the description of Marys in the piece above. Yep
Player #22589120
Went to a Catholic college. I knew a half dozen women named Mary. They used there first name and middle name together to distinguish themselves.
mepeachy
RebelQueen1958, My name is Mary Ellen and I was named after my grandmother as well. I do like my name!
gamechic2018
my mother was Mary and so is my daughter.
RebelQueen1958
My name is Mary Ellen, I am named after my great greT grandmother who died with her husband and 5 of her kids in 1843. And there were usually 4 Mary's in my classrooms in catholic school. So I didn't really like my name all that much.
Player #1726311
my name is Mary Angela... sounds Italian Catholic, I'm not... & I dont seem to match the description either...
flojo
GrandmaTanya,
I never knew one person named Mary all through school from kindergarten through high school
Sandra
Do women called Mary really believe that they are as described above? Sounds like a bunch of baloney!
💗Melanie💗
I named my toad Mary
Jake
Mary is my móms name
Player #139680226
I can see that the name “Karen” has taken over as number one, if you know what mean. 😉
Aloha_808
Wow the meaning of "Mary" 🤣🤣 my name is maricar my sister maritez, and my other is Marietta 🤣🤣🤣
Mary
MeemawSauce5457, that was my name for 41 years. I hated it so much I changed it. I got tired of being teased. Now I am changing it back because I can say my lambs name is Jesus.
Vee
Bryndal, in the 40s they couldn't have had 100 yrs of data, so consider the time period over which the question is based.
MCA
Tina, This does seem to be a good game to help learn and is helpful because you can never know too much.
Tina
Learn something new at least once a day maybe more! lots of info this game gives...guess that's WHY I play.
Bryndal
the year is incorrect. Mary went to #2 in the late 40s,
Player #58092313
GrandmaTanya,
but it was Mary, Mary, plain as any name can be. But in society, proprietary would say Marie.
Player #31919372
I thought Fury!
Tom
Guillermo, I like Bertha
Player #13023389
I've known 5 Mary's and they do use their middle name to identify themselves. Debby
Player Gigi #28446253
PointyDormouse60089, I love that song, and kniw all the words!
Guillermo
I am partial to "Hortense"
Luminaria
SkilledVirus11, You obviously need a psychiatrist and an exorcist.
Player taltosbru
Player meagirl, my dearest friend is a Mary Ellen and I (among others) have always called her "Emmy."
10bwc
PointyDormouse60089, First it was Miryam.
EcoGal
PearlSkipper24695, interesting--my name is Mayre. Many people mispronounce my name as Mary, which I find annoying.
maggiemylove
I read that Mary/Miriam means bitter, because of the trauma Mary went through seeing her Son crucified.
PearlSkipper24695
my moms name is Mary ...ppl call her "Mayree " but they call the virgin Mary ...Mary . why ???? it is spelled the same way .
Player #3767224
Genius, l
GiGi07
Player #6116456, blunt
soulangiana
Birdiemom, I have always told people that every girl child born between 1948 and 1954 was named Kinda. From you r statement I will have to back it down a few years.
EnigmaticOne
Player #3410717, My granddaughter's middle name is Storm, but I call her Stormy.
HazelTwigg
I I was thinking it might be because of Mary Pickford, the movie star.