Mamie comes from the Hebrew / French tradition, meaning Beloved / star of the sea.
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How popular is Mamie?
1919peak year
Today, Mamie is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #5906), with only about 21 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1919, 1,793 babies were given the name (ranked #132 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1920s. Mamie's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 78,165 babies have been registered as Mamie since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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