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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedAKMaine: #118 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 455 girlsMEVermont: #92 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 350 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #113 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 552 girlsNHWashington: #36 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 161 girlsWAIdaho: #54 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 216 girlsIDMontana: #31 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 127 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #36 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 130 girlsNDMinnesota: #42 for girls · 148 births · 1 in 142 girlsMNIllinois: #52 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 216 girlsILWisconsin: #40 for girls · 178 births · 1 in 137 girlsWIMichigan: #42 for girls · 248 births · 1 in 169 girlsMINew York: #78 for girls · 341 births · 1 in 296 girlsNYMassachusetts: #111 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 546 girlsMARhode Island: #164 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,072 girlsRIOregon: #28 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 119 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marian, so not publishedNVWyoming: #49 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 184 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #48 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 177 girlsSDIowa: #34 for girls · 124 births · 1 in 159 girlsIAIndiana: #81 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 364 girlsINOhio: #56 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 218 girlsOHPennsylvania: #48 for girls · 477 births · 1 in 193 girlsPANew Jersey: #69 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 270 girlsNJConnecticut: #114 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 520 girlsCTCalifornia: #42 for girls · 172 births · 1 in 214 girlsCAUtah: #32 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 142 girlsUTColorado: #70 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 248 girlsCONebraska: #53 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 236 girlsNEMissouri: #72 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 311 girlsMOKentucky: #127 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 554 girlsKYWest Virginia: #160 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 754 girlsWVVirginia: #82 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 306 girlsVAMaryland: #55 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 214 girlsMDDelaware: #31 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 112 girlsDEArizona: #83 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 273 girlsAZNew Mexico: #163 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 598 girlsNMKansas: #77 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 358 girlsKSArkansas: #175 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 779 girlsARTennessee: #227 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,471 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #125 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 544 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #117 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 509 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #55 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 212 girlsDCOklahoma: #222 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,130 girlsOKLouisiana: #172 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 765 girlsLAMississippi: #285 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsMSAlabama: #210 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,223 girlsALGeorgia: #162 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 838 girlsGAHawaii: #141 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 411 girlsHITexas: #181 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 830 girlsTXFlorida: #84 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 324 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#28 · 1 in 119
  2. Delaware#31 · 1 in 112
  3. Montana#31 · 1 in 127
  4. Utah#32 · 1 in 142
  5. Iowa#34 · 1 in 159

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#28471 in 119
Delaware#31141 in 112
Montana#31291 in 127
Utah#32331 in 142
Iowa#341241 in 159
North Dakota#36481 in 130
Washington#36581 in 161
Wisconsin#401781 in 137
California#421721 in 214
Michigan#422481 in 169
Minnesota#421481 in 142
Pennsylvania#484771 in 193
South Dakota#48301 in 177
Wyoming#4981 in 184
Illinois#522741 in 216
Nebraska#53481 in 236
Idaho#54161 in 216
District of Columbia#55171 in 212
Maryland#55651 in 214
Ohio#562521 in 218
New Jersey#691151 in 270
Colorado#70341 in 248
Missouri#72971 in 311
Kansas#77421 in 358
New York#783411 in 296
Indiana#81721 in 364
Virginia#82851 in 306
Arizona#83141 in 273
Florida#84491 in 324
Vermont#9271 in 350
Massachusetts#111631 in 546
New Hampshire#11361 in 552
Connecticut#114231 in 520
South Carolina#117431 in 509
Maine#118141 in 455
North Carolina#125721 in 544
Kentucky#127531 in 554
Hawaii#14191 in 411
West Virginia#160271 in 754
Georgia#162391 in 838
New Mexico#16371 in 598
Rhode Island#16451 in 1,072
Louisiana#172311 in 765
Arkansas#175261 in 779
Texas#181731 in 830
Alabama#210271 in 1,223
Oklahoma#222221 in 1,130
Tennessee#227191 in 1,471
Mississippi#285131 in 1,820
Alaska———
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 1927

girls
#74
3,721 births · 1 in 320 girls
boys
#1,407
28 births · 1 in 40,247 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #74Marian3,721

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #1,407Marian28
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 320 of them was named Marian, which outranked 98.7% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #71Willie3,884
  2. #72Elsie3,803
  3. #73Katherine3,724
  4. #74Marian3,721
  5. #75Charlotte3,676
  6. #76Julia3,586
  7. #77Vivian3,510
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 40,247 of them was named Marian, which outranked 70.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #1,372Simmie29
  2. #1,372Waldemar29
  3. #1,372Westley29
  4. #1,407Marian28
  5. #1,407Almon28
  6. #1,407Alvaro28
  7. #1,407Arville28
  8. #1,436Adrien27
  9. #1,436Apolinar27
  10. #1,436Berlin27

Tied with 28 names at #1,407; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927 →