The Mabry surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,846 people carried this name — #2,804 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 12,508 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

59 families named Mabry, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 377 people lived in those households, 6.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 8 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 21
Maine 11
Virginia 11
Pennsylvania 9
South Carolina 6
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mabry in American newspapers,
1882–1911.

Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Mabry
The New Haven Union 1911-01-09
Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Mabry
Wheeling Register 1882-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

Who carried it

People named Mabry,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Milton H. Mabry
    Milton H. Mabry 1851–1919 · judge
  • Thomas J. Mabry
    Thomas J. Mabry 1884–1962 · judge
  • Betty Davis
    Betty Davis 1944–2022 · composer
  • Edward Mabry 1897–1989 · poet
  • Moss Mabry 1918–2006 · costume designer
  • Hannelore Mabry 1930–2013 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Mabry,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States716 records

716 records of the Mabry name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 487
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 169
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Arnett C. Mabry

    Born 1929; from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, armored reconnaissance crewman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Golden E. Mabry

    Born 1912 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Hal M. Mabry

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1955, died 2000; buried at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Kentucky.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 716 records for Mabry in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France4 records

4 records of the Mabry name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie-Louise Mabry

    Born 1906 in Guénin; died 1990 in Vannes (Morbihan).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Thomas Lee Mabry

    Born 1960 in Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis (Charente-Maritime); died 1978 in the United States.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Philomene Mabry

    Born 1893 in Quistinic; died 1978 in Baud (Morbihan).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Mabry in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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