Marjorie

#1,016 for girls in 2025, 246 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1921 · 11,209 births
Debut · girls
16 births
In top 100 · girls
42 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
274,017
since 1880

Marjorie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201925peak #16, 1921girls
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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#1,016246—
2024#822335—
2023#1,248185—
2022#1,279187—
2021#1,223192—
2020#1,133210—
2019#1,173203—
2018#1,170206—
2017#938281—
2016#928297—
2015#799353—
2014#723387—
2013#910281—
2012#1,646130—
2011#1,772115—
2010#1,639130—
2009#1,778122—
2008#1,717129—
2007#1,848114—
2006#1,743119—
2005#1,574129—
2004#1,459139—
2003#1,561123—
2002#1,88794—
2001#1,81997—
2000#1,649107—
1999#1,492115—
1998#1,228148—
1997#1,362126—
1996#1,275136—
1995#1,017181—
1994#994186—
1993#977191—
1992#845235—
1991#857234—
1990#883219—
1989#770252—
1988#717261—
1987#718252—
1986#663279—
1985#686260—
1984#643272—
1983#597297—
1982#544351—
1981#538349—
1980#558333#6,2505
1979#541347—
1978#508370—
1977#498381—
1976#500357—
1975#474391#5,4645
1974#449409—
1973#442430—
1972#428453—
1971#391567—
1970#376635—
1969#347671—
1968#323723#4,1365
1967#306794#3,9665
1966#300846—
1965#278974—
1964#2571,188—
1963#2471,282—
1962#2341,373—
1961#2381,315—
1960#2371,345—
1959#2161,484#3,0378
1958#2161,442—
1957#2111,587—
1956#1871,882#3,5356
1955#1761,973—
1954#1592,221#3,1767
1953#1442,545#3,1437
1952#1412,521#3,7345
1951#1282,586—
1950#1212,700—
1949#1162,785—
1948#1103,048#3,0107
1947#1063,449#2,49810
1946#1063,041—
1945#942,929—
1944#853,218#3,1096
1943#793,608#2,18212
1942#743,625#2,04213
1941#713,517#1,75916
1940#643,681#1,98313
1939#603,907#2,6098
1938#534,318#2,18511
1937#574,091#1,99213
1936#494,279#2,30110
1935#464,482#2,39610
1934#414,972#1,78316
1933#405,043#2,36810
1932#375,608#1,71618
1931#345,880#1,30228
1930#326,633#1,42826
1929#306,987#1,93316
1928#297,632#1,14738
1927#258,115#1,60323
1926#228,640#1,51524
1925#219,306#1,58323
1924#1710,069#1,77620
1923#1610,220#1,87418
1922#1610,385#2,14315
1921#1611,209#1,76620
1920#248,658#1,74720
1919#337,335#2,38512
1918#347,517#1,71020
1917#366,399#3,9815
1916#375,866#2,9268
1915#395,119#2,31011
1914#453,713#2,10110
1913#482,922#1,9459
1912#562,468#1,8858
1911#591,722—
1910#681,391#1,4216
1909#771,082—
1908#85942#1,0218
1907#92787—
1906#93728—
1905#96712—
1904#96639—
1903#112511—
1902#110543—
1901#111480—
1900#111601—
1899#109448—
1898#117457—
1897#120410—
1896#124387—
1895#132349—
1894#159269—
1893#164233—
1892#159242—
1891#170195—
1890#177181—
1889#182157—
1888#207118—
1887#24673—
1886#21983—
1885#25959—
1884#28545—
1883#26148—
1882#27840—
1881#43415—
1880#42116—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marjorie was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

Where Marjorie is popular in 1925

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marjorie, so not publishedAKMaine: #24 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 94 girlsMEVermont: #14 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 64 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #22 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 84 girlsNHWashington: #14 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 70 girlsWAIdaho: #16 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 71 girlsIDMontana: #13 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 73 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #14 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 77 girlsNDMinnesota: #14 for girls · 300 births · 1 in 73 girlsMNIllinois: #18 for girls · 624 births · 1 in 96 girlsILWisconsin: #21 for girls · 276 births · 1 in 88 girlsWIMichigan: #20 for girls · 415 births · 1 in 99 girlsMINew York: #36 for girls · 705 births · 1 in 142 girlsNYMassachusetts: #26 for girls · 404 births · 1 in 87 girlsMARhode Island: #32 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 136 girlsRIOregon: #16 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 74 girlsORNevada: #11 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 39 girlsNVWyoming: #7 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 49 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #11 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 70 girlsSDIowa: #9 for girls · 340 births · 1 in 62 girlsIAIndiana: #11 for girls · 415 births · 1 in 65 girlsINOhio: #10 for girls · 747 births · 1 in 74 girlsOHPennsylvania: #35 for girls · 582 births · 1 in 163 girlsPANew Jersey: #40 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 191 girlsNJConnecticut: #29 for girls · 120 births · 1 in 102 girlsCTCalifornia: #16 for girls · 402 births · 1 in 92 girlsCAUtah: #17 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 86 girlsUTColorado: #15 for girls · 101 births · 1 in 87 girlsCONebraska: #10 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 63 girlsNEMissouri: #13 for girls · 327 births · 1 in 96 girlsMOKentucky: #32 for girls · 180 births · 1 in 167 girlsKYWest Virginia: #37 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 177 girlsWVVirginia: #54 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 220 girlsVAMaryland: #78 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 305 girlsMDDelaware: #44 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 153 girlsDEArizona: #36 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 169 girlsAZNew Mexico: #75 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 292 girlsNMKansas: #9 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 60 girlsKSArkansas: #53 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 201 girlsARTennessee: #47 for girls · 141 births · 1 in 206 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #43 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 190 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #85 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 308 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #25 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 109 girlsDCOklahoma: #30 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 159 girlsOKLouisiana: #47 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 200 girlsLAMississippi: #74 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 282 girlsMSAlabama: #65 for girls · 138 births · 1 in 239 girlsALGeorgia: #55 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 222 girlsGAHawaii: #62 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 225 girlsHITexas: #39 for girls · 286 births · 1 in 216 girlsTXFlorida: #28 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 141 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#7 · 1 in 49
  2. Kansas#9 · 1 in 60
  3. Iowa#9 · 1 in 62
  4. Nebraska#10 · 1 in 63
  5. Ohio#10 · 1 in 74

Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1924.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#7341 in 49
Iowa#93401 in 62
Kansas#92641 in 60
Nebraska#101871 in 63
Ohio#107471 in 74
Indiana#114151 in 65
Nevada#1171 in 39
South Dakota#11851 in 70
Missouri#133271 in 96
Montana#13531 in 73
Minnesota#143001 in 73
North Dakota#14801 in 77
Vermont#14411 in 64
Washington#141401 in 70
Colorado#151011 in 87
California#164021 in 92
Idaho#16511 in 71
Oregon#16801 in 74
Utah#17581 in 86
Illinois#186241 in 96
Michigan#204151 in 99
Wisconsin#212761 in 88
New Hampshire#22411 in 84
Maine#24701 in 94
District of Columbia#25331 in 109
Massachusetts#264041 in 87
Florida#281061 in 141
Connecticut#291201 in 102
Oklahoma#301631 in 159
Kentucky#321801 in 167
Rhode Island#32421 in 136
Pennsylvania#355821 in 163
Arizona#36231 in 169
New York#367051 in 142
West Virginia#371161 in 177
Texas#392861 in 216
New Jersey#401631 in 191
North Carolina#432091 in 190
Delaware#44101 in 153
Louisiana#471191 in 200
Tennessee#471411 in 206
Arkansas#531081 in 201
Virginia#541261 in 220
Georgia#551571 in 222
Hawaii#62161 in 225
Alabama#651381 in 239
Mississippi#74821 in 282
New Mexico#75151 in 292
Maryland#78461 in 305
South Carolina#85781 in 308
Alaska———

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 Marjorie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 194 spots since 2024 (#822 → #1,016)
  • 117 spots since 2020 (#1,133 → #1,016)
  • 217 spots since 2015 (#799 → #1,016)
  • Biggest jump: 736 spots in 2013 (#1,646 → #910)
  • Biggest drop: 232 spots in 2018 (#938 → #1,170)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1921 at #16 (11,209 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1904–1945
  • Top 1,000: 121 yrs · run 1880–1994
Share of babies · girls
1 in 110
  • Highest: 1 in 110 girls born in 1921 were named Marjorie (0.91%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 33.3% of all girls named Marjorie (91,221) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s654#182 (1889)#279
1890s3,171#109 (1899)#143
1900s7,025#77 (1909)#98
1910s44,452#33 (1919)#46
1920s91,221#16 (1921)#22
1930s49,213#32 (1930)#45
1940s32,901#64 (1940)#91
1950s20,941#121 (1950)#170
1960s10,511#234 (1962)#277
1970s4,340#376 (1970)#461
1980s2,906#538 (1981)#643
1990s1,771#845 (1992)#1,093
2000s1,173#1,459 (2004)#1,704
2010s2,383#723 (2014)#1,170
2020s1,355#822 (2024)#1,120

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.

Marjorie in 1925

girls
#21
9,306 births · 1 in 131 girls
boys
#1,583
23 births · 1 in 48,518 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. #21Marjorie9,306

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. #1,583Marjorie23
More about 1925

girls

1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 131 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 99.6% 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 Marjorie
  1. #18Lois9,573
  2. #19Irene9,440
  3. #20Gloria9,381
  4. #21Marjorie9,306
  5. #22Barbara9,155
  6. #23Martha8,762
  7. #24Florence8,585
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 48,518 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 67.5% 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 Marjorie
  1. #1,534Wash24
  2. #1,534Wendel24
  3. #1,534Wilferd24
  4. #1,583Marjorie23
  5. #1,583Adron23
  6. #1,583Aleck23
  7. #1,583Alwin23
  8. #1,628Arnie22
  9. #1,628Baldomero22
  10. #1,628Barnett22

Tied with 44 names at #1,583; 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 →