Holding steady.
Popularity of Mammie since 1880
Babies named Mammie per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1924, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Mammie's real moment was 1902.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 |
| 1890s | 152 |
| 1900s | 256 |
| 1910s | 442 |
| 1920s | 573 |
| 1930s | 377 |
| 1940s | 326 |
| 1950s | 221 |
| 1960s | 93 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Mammie is an English diminutive that saw its greatest use in the early 1900s. The name peaked in 1902, when it was given to 87 baby girls per million births according to U.S. Social Security data. From the 1880s through the 1910s, Mammie appeared consistently in the national rankings, but by the 1930s it had fallen out of common use. Today the name remains a rare choice, reflecting the broader decline of vintage -ie and -y ending nicknames. Its trajectory has been stable in recent decades, with only a handful of annual registrations. While no state records show Mammie among the top names, its historical usage pattern aligns with other turn-of-the-century diminutives like Mamie and Sadie.
Mammie is an English diminutive and affectionate nickname, primarily a variant of Mamie. Mamie itself arose as a pet form of Mary (from Hebrew Miryam) and also occasionally of Margaret (from Greek margarites, meaning 'pearl'). In the United States, Mammie was used as a given name in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but its usage declined sharply after the 1930s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Mam, Mims
Sibling names for Mammie
Names that share Mammie's style, for a brother or sister.
