Marian

#1,102 for girls in 2025, 217 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #12,146
Given to girls 99.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
#64
1924 · 4,197 births
Debut · girls
1880
56 births
In top 100 · girls
23 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
141,944
since 1880

Marian over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #64, 1924girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,102217—
2024#1,152209—
2023#1,154210—
2022#1,138214—
2021#1,304173#12,1465
2020#1,343164#10,6056
2019#1,233190—
2018#1,204197—
2017#1,248190#9,6967
2016#1,214203#8,1469
2015#1,095236—
2014#1,261191—
2013#1,351172—
2012#1,288185—
2011#1,480151—
2010#1,156210—
2009#1,398169—
2008#1,281194#9,8717
2007#1,332182—
2006#1,197202—
2005#1,143204#11,4725
2004#1,099208—
2003#1,138191—
2002#1,073198—
2001#1,037207—
2000#735315—
1999#1,138172—
1998#1,373125#8,4796
1997#1,155160—
1996#1,139159#9,0155
1995#1,144153—
1994#1,023181#8,8005
1993#1,070170#7,6386
1992#904216—
1991#860232#8,2365
1990#935203#4,99310
1989#930193#5,6158
1988#945178#6,4266
1987#924179—
1986#809207#6,7215
1985#813201—
1984#798199—
1983#848180#5,4846
1982#733232#5,6196
1981#791205—
1980#767215#4,4958
1979#827189—
1978#772200—
1977#747205#3,38611
1976#682217#4,0128
1975#712207#5,4645
1974#644237#4,6346
1973#592265—
1972#603264#3,9637
1971#563315#3,6588
1970#515381—
1969#533343#3,3148
1968#491389#2,57611
1967#428480#2,9858
1966#407518#3,5376
1965#373599—
1964#346756#3,2827
1963#322853#3,3187
1962#311900#2,50411
1961#304906#3,6526
1960#2851,024#2,68510
1959#2691,069#3,6196
1958#2701,055#2,8189
1957#2271,352—
1956#2321,247#2,16814
1955#2081,499#1,97916
1954#1044,013#2,20713
1953#2171,366#3,1437
1952#2201,245#2,37611
1951#2201,236#2,6629
1950#2121,258#2,5809
1949#1991,363—
1948#1961,387#2,21812
1947#1791,606#2,6719
1946#1621,649—
1945#1631,446#2,24210
1944#1551,587#2,19511
1943#1491,793#2,7328
1942#1411,838#2,7128
1941#1421,678#2,20711
1940#1421,694#2,17911
1939#1301,839#1,57818
1938#1281,864#1,68917
1937#1291,904#1,57619
1936#1142,059#1,29626
1935#1052,265#1,29527
1934#972,426#1,65818
1933#892,638#1,58619
1932#862,837#1,54821
1931#842,862#1,07839
1930#803,213#1,09340
1929#753,447#1,27231
1928#713,886#1,04144
1927#743,721#1,40728
1926#703,859#1,01846
1925#673,979#1,42527
1924#644,197#1,16938
1923#654,029#1,23534
1922#673,951#1,39628
1921#694,064#1,29632
1920#733,845#1,32330
1919#823,261#1,13937
1918#763,503#1,12437
1917#743,267#1,26429
1916#723,198#1,13833
1915#862,612#1,34225
1914#901,862#94934
1913#931,452#1,25617
1912#931,313#1,26814
1911#105884#1,03811
1910#106806#1,04510
1909#114641#1,4405
1908#117578#1,3735
1907#119556#86610
1906#125498—
1905#136455#1,2335
1904#141406#1,0646
1903#147355#1,1305
1902#152338#1,1375
1901#159296#7798
1900#145408#9688
1899#138336#9286
1898#145343#1,1215
1897#149309—
1896#164267#1,1015
1895#161265—
1894#242124—
1893#218140—
1892#195164#1,0665
1891#232108—
1890#230112#9945
1889#24590—
1888#24292#1,0315
1887#22585—
1886#28055#9595
1885#25264#9365
1884#24761#9715
1883#26547—
1882#26942#9435
1881#25739#7816
1880#20556—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marian was already there! It came in at #205, and was given to 56 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 57 girls a year got the name.

Where Marian is popular in 1917

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedAKMaine: #132 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 550 girlsMEVermont: #97 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 362 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #121 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 520 girlsNHWashington: #61 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 207 girlsWAIdaho: #87 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 290 girlsIDMontana: #40 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 138 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #52 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 173 girlsNDMinnesota: #39 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 145 girlsMNIllinois: #49 for girls · 287 births · 1 in 203 girlsILWisconsin: #32 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 130 girlsWIMichigan: #34 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 141 girlsMINew York: #62 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 261 girlsNYMassachusetts: #100 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 457 girlsMARhode Island: #138 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 646 girlsRIOregon: #44 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 168 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedNVWyoming: #59 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 182 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #45 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 166 girlsSDIowa: #37 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 155 girlsIAIndiana: #64 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 261 girlsINOhio: #60 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 265 girlsOHPennsylvania: #54 for girls · 412 births · 1 in 227 girlsPANew Jersey: #69 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 302 girlsNJConnecticut: #94 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 451 girlsCTCalifornia: #37 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 166 girlsCAUtah: #33 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 133 girlsUTColorado: #49 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 193 girlsCONebraska: #59 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 223 girlsNEMissouri: #92 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 376 girlsMOKentucky: #250 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,769 girlsKYWest Virginia: #202 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,151 girlsWVVirginia: #129 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 597 girlsVAMaryland: #70 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 303 girlsMDDelaware: #38 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 138 girlsDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #152 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 532 girlsNMKansas: #79 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 305 girlsKSArkansas: #253 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsARTennessee: #235 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #248 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,853 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #156 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 752 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #40 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 160 girlsDCOklahoma: #199 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,043 girlsOKLouisiana: #327 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,085 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedMSAlabama: #284 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsALGeorgia: #136 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 589 girlsGAHawaii: #90 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 295 girlsHITexas: #283 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,525 girlsTXFlorida: #158 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 686 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#32 · 1 in 130
  2. Utah#33 · 1 in 133
  3. Michigan#34 · 1 in 141
  4. Iowa#37 · 1 in 155
  5. California#37 · 1 in 166

Best ever in a state: #14 in Nevada, 1924.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#321791 in 130
Utah#33351 in 133
Michigan#342421 in 141
California#371261 in 166
Iowa#371331 in 155
Delaware#38131 in 138
Minnesota#391491 in 145
District of Columbia#40161 in 160
Montana#40431 in 138
Oregon#44291 in 168
South Dakota#45371 in 166
Colorado#49381 in 193
Illinois#492871 in 203
North Dakota#52451 in 173
Pennsylvania#544121 in 227
Nebraska#59531 in 223
Wyoming#5971 in 182
Ohio#601911 in 265
Washington#61421 in 207
New York#623721 in 261
Indiana#64931 in 261
New Jersey#69991 in 302
Maryland#70421 in 303
Kansas#79491 in 305
Idaho#87131 in 290
Hawaii#9091 in 295
Missouri#92761 in 376
Connecticut#94321 in 451
Vermont#9771 in 362
Massachusetts#100771 in 457
New Hampshire#12161 in 520
Virginia#129421 in 597
Maine#132111 in 550
Georgia#136531 in 589
Rhode Island#13881 in 646
New Mexico#15261 in 532
South Carolina#156261 in 752
Florida#158131 in 686
Oklahoma#199191 in 1,043
West Virginia#202141 in 1,151
Tennessee#235161 in 1,524
North Carolina#248171 in 1,853
Kentucky#250141 in 1,769
Arkansas#253131 in 1,385
Texas#283311 in 1,525
Alabama#284121 in 2,073
Louisiana#32791 in 2,085
Alaska———
Arizona———
Mississippi———
Nevada———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marian
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 50 spots since 2024 (#1,152 → #1,102)
  • 241 spots since 2020 (#1,343 → #1,102)
  • 7 spots since 2015 (#1,095 → #1,102)
  • Biggest jump: 403 spots in 2000 (#1,138 → #735)
  • Biggest drop: 302 spots in 2001 (#735 → #1,037)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1924 at #64 (4,197 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1912–1934
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 297
  • Highest: 1 in 297 girls born in 1928 were named Marian (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,407 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #64 in 1924, was only 1 in 298 (0.34%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 27.5% of all girls named Marian (38,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s631#205 (1880)#249
1890s2,168#138 (1899)#187
1900s4,531#114 (1909)#136
1910s22,158#72 (1916)#88
1920s38,978#64 (1924)#70
1930s23,907#80 (1930)#104
1940s16,041#141 (1942)#163
1950s15,340#104 (1954)#218
1960s6,768#285 (1960)#380
1970s2,480#515 (1970)#666
1980s1,989#733 (1982)#836
1990s1,771#860 (1991)#1,074
2000s2,070#735 (2000)#1,143
2010s1,925#1,095 (2015)#1,253
2020s1,187#1,102 (2025)#1,199

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marian in 1917

girls
#74
3,267 births · 1 in 331 girls
boys
#1,264
29 births · 1 in 31,913 boys

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #74Marian3,267

Top boys' names in 1917

  1. #1John51,852
  2. #2William42,422
  3. #3James37,337
  4. #4Robert35,220
  5. #5Joseph24,761
  6. #6George24,196
  7. #7Charles24,143
  8. #8Edward17,501
  9. #9Frank15,768
  10. #10Thomas12,611
  11. #1,264Marian29
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 331 of them was named Marian, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #71Alma3,407
  2. #72Willie3,381
  3. #73June3,370
  4. #74Marian3,267
  5. #75Minnie3,262
  6. #76Charlotte3,229
  7. #77Genevieve3,192
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 549Georgene#1,445 → #896
  2. ↑ 380Ottie#1,332 → #952
  3. ↑ 365Louis#1,298 → #933
  4. ↑ 334Valentine#1,298 → #964
  5. ↑ 322Harold#1,210 → #888
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Ceola#840 → #1,241
  2. ↓ 373Floretta#964 → #1,337
  3. ↓ 344Buelah#993 → #1,337
  4. ↓ 326Glennie#915 → #1,241
  5. ↓ 290Maye#915 → #1,205

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 31,913 of them was named Marian, which outranked 72.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #1,238Terrell30
  2. #1,238Winslow30
  3. #1,238Young30
  4. #1,264Marian29
  5. #1,264Alonza29
  6. #1,264Alpheus29
  7. #1,264Amerigo29
  8. #1,291Alphonsus28
  9. #1,291Arlin28
  10. #1,291Arvo28

Tied with 26 names at #1,264; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. ↑ 520Nicolas#1,304 → #784
  2. ↑ 469Hezekiah#1,415 → #946
  3. ↑ 433Hilliard#1,415 → #982
  4. ↑ 404Rayford#1,304 → #900
  5. ↑ 338Minoru#1,335 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,738Tatsuo#824 → #2,562
  2. ↓ 709Berlin#984 → #1,693
  3. ↓ 556Prentice#972 → #1,528
  4. ↓ 473Manning#964 → #1,437
  5. ↓ 457Lovell#939 → #1,396

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1917 →