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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #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 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedAKMaine: #114 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 470 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #122 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 576 girlsNHWashington: #34 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 151 girlsWAIdaho: #51 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 201 girlsIDMontana: #41 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 154 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #39 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 131 girlsNDMinnesota: #33 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 126 girlsMNIllinois: #50 for girls · 297 births · 1 in 202 girlsILWisconsin: #32 for girls · 193 births · 1 in 125 girlsWIMichigan: #33 for girls · 295 births · 1 in 139 girlsMINew York: #74 for girls · 338 births · 1 in 296 girlsNYMassachusetts: #138 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 803 girlsMARhode Island: #139 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 712 girlsRIOregon: #53 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 198 girlsORNevada: #17 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 45 girlsNVWyoming: #62 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 206 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #51 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 180 girlsSDIowa: #30 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 148 girlsIAIndiana: #54 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 263 girlsINOhio: #43 for girls · 291 births · 1 in 190 girlsOHPennsylvania: #45 for girls · 497 births · 1 in 191 girlsPANew Jersey: #73 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 293 girlsNJConnecticut: #60 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 222 girlsCTCalifornia: #37 for girls · 210 births · 1 in 176 girlsCAUtah: #40 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 171 girlsUTColorado: #51 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 209 girlsCONebraska: #46 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 188 girlsNEMissouri: #61 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 261 girlsMOKentucky: #149 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 681 girlsKYWest Virginia: #127 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 587 girlsWVVirginia: #118 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 496 girlsVAMaryland: #52 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 207 girlsMDDelaware: #50 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 170 girlsDEArizona: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 649 girlsAZNew Mexico: #149 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 547 girlsNMKansas: #70 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 306 girlsKSArkansas: #269 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,553 girlsARTennessee: #180 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 910 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #144 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 674 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #127 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 572 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #49 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 180 girlsDCOklahoma: #240 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,437 girlsOKLouisiana: #151 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 642 girlsLAMississippi: #338 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,572 girlsMSAlabama: #256 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,736 girlsALGeorgia: #118 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 520 girlsGAHawaii: #97 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 300 girlsHITexas: #239 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,143 girlsTXFlorida: #71 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 277 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#17 · 1 in 45
  2. Iowa#30 · 1 in 148
  3. Wisconsin#32 · 1 in 125
  4. Minnesota#33 · 1 in 126
  5. Michigan#33 · 1 in 139

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#1761 in 45
Iowa#301421 in 148
Wisconsin#321931 in 125
Michigan#332951 in 139
Minnesota#331731 in 126
Washington#34651 in 151
California#372101 in 176
North Dakota#39471 in 131
Utah#40291 in 171
Montana#41251 in 154
Ohio#432911 in 190
Pennsylvania#454971 in 191
Nebraska#46631 in 188
District of Columbia#49201 in 180
Delaware#5091 in 170
Illinois#502971 in 202
Colorado#51421 in 209
Idaho#51181 in 201
South Dakota#51331 in 180
Maryland#52681 in 207
Oregon#53301 in 198
Indiana#541021 in 263
Connecticut#60551 in 222
Missouri#611201 in 261
Wyoming#6281 in 206
Kansas#70521 in 306
Florida#71541 in 277
New Jersey#731061 in 293
New York#743381 in 296
Hawaii#97121 in 300
Maine#114141 in 470
Georgia#118671 in 520
Virginia#118561 in 496
New Hampshire#12261 in 576
South Carolina#127421 in 572
West Virginia#127351 in 587
Massachusetts#138441 in 803
Rhode Island#13981 in 712
North Carolina#144591 in 674
Kentucky#149441 in 681
New Mexico#14981 in 547
Louisiana#151371 in 642
Arizona#17361 in 649
Tennessee#180321 in 910
Texas#239541 in 1,143
Oklahoma#240181 in 1,437
Alabama#256191 in 1,736
Arkansas#269141 in 1,553
Mississippi#33891 in 2,572
Alaska———
Vermont———

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 1925

girls
#67
3,979 births · 1 in 306 girls
boys
#1,425
27 births · 1 in 41,330 boys

Top girls' names in 1925

  1. #1Mary70,586
  2. #2Dorothy38,570
  3. #3Betty32,812
  4. #4Helen29,173
  5. #5Margaret24,463
  6. #6Ruth22,247
  7. #7Virginia17,490
  8. #8Doris16,075
  9. #9Mildred14,453
  10. #10Elizabeth13,936
  11. #67Marian3,979

Top boys' names in 1925

  1. #1Robert60,895
  2. #2John57,195
  3. #3William53,310
  4. #4James52,680
  5. #5Charles29,580
  6. #6George26,560
  7. #7Joseph24,613
  8. #8Richard23,269
  9. #9Edward20,090
  10. #10Donald19,193
  11. #1,425Marian27
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 306 of them was named Marian, which outranked 98.8% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #64Dolores4,145
  2. #65Julia4,047
  3. #66Joan4,030
  4. #67Marian3,979
  5. #68Willie3,947
  6. #69Agnes3,911
  7. #70Gertrude3,892
Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 605Nanette#1,475 → #870
  2. ↑ 417Paulina#1,258 → #841
  3. ↑ 353Estela#1,258 → #905
  4. ↑ 323Delois#1,123 → #800
  5. ↑ 313Veola#1,301 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 610Kathlyn#999 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 396Izetta#951 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 355Loma#941 → #1,296
  4. ↓ 345Phylis#880 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 309Eris#728 → #1,037

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

boys

1,115,919 boys got a published name in 1925; 1 in 41,330 of them was named Marian, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,867 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #1,390Wilburt28
  2. #1,390Wright28
  3. #1,390Yukio28
  4. #1,425Marian27
  5. #1,425Arnulfo27
  6. #1,425Augustin27
  7. #1,425Chandler27
  8. #1,451Alvaro26
  9. #1,451Arlyn26
  10. #1,451Authur26

Tied with 25 names at #1,425; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1924
Risers
  1. ↑ 548Okey#1,532 → #984
  2. ↑ 494Eddy#1,492 → #998
  3. ↑ 422Terrence#1,223 → #801
  4. ↑ 371Hughie#1,355 → #984
  5. ↑ 363Rexford#1,287 → #924
Fallers
  1. ↓ 444Baxter#916 → #1,360
  2. ↓ 429Adelbert#817 → #1,246
  3. ↓ 407Jonnie#925 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 406Faustino#984 → #1,390
  5. ↓ 387Deward#859 → #1,246

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

See the top 100 for 1925 →