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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #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 1944

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marjorie, so not publishedAKMaine: #81 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 291 girlsMEVermont: #70 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 256 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #69 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 224 girlsNHWashington: #80 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 376 girlsWAIdaho: #90 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 354 girlsIDMontana: #48 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 189 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #51 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 194 girlsNDMinnesota: #64 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 297 girlsMNIllinois: #84 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 386 girlsILWisconsin: #69 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 321 girlsWIMichigan: #70 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 326 girlsMINew York: #84 for girls · 309 births · 1 in 341 girlsNYMassachusetts: #66 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 248 girlsMARhode Island: #70 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 259 girlsRIOregon: #94 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 433 girlsORNevada: #56 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 176 girlsNVWyoming: #41 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 157 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #54 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 207 girlsSDIowa: #52 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 243 girlsIAIndiana: #62 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 290 girlsINOhio: #65 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 292 girlsOHPennsylvania: #77 for girls · 244 births · 1 in 327 girlsPANew Jersey: #88 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 360 girlsNJConnecticut: #74 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 292 girlsCTCalifornia: #96 for girls · 174 births · 1 in 459 girlsCAUtah: #79 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 314 girlsUTColorado: #100 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 426 girlsCONebraska: #51 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 228 girlsNEMissouri: #75 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 379 girlsMOKentucky: #129 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 694 girlsKYWest Virginia: #122 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 678 girlsWVVirginia: #105 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 474 girlsVAMaryland: #75 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 353 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marjorie, so not publishedDEArizona: #125 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 503 girlsAZNew Mexico: #175 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 704 girlsNMKansas: #62 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 277 girlsKSArkansas: #138 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 648 girlsARTennessee: #106 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 536 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #122 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 564 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #172 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 795 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #69 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 297 girlsDCOklahoma: #87 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 451 girlsOKLouisiana: #141 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 610 girlsLAMississippi: #171 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 774 girlsMSAlabama: #132 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 596 girlsALGeorgia: #99 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 420 girlsGAHawaii: #91 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 295 girlsHITexas: #158 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 764 girlsTXFlorida: #86 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 378 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wyoming#41 · 1 in 157
  2. Montana#48 · 1 in 189
  3. North Dakota#51 · 1 in 194
  4. Nebraska#51 · 1 in 228
  5. Iowa#52 · 1 in 243

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wyoming#41121 in 157
Montana#48211 in 189
Nebraska#51441 in 228
North Dakota#51281 in 194
Iowa#52831 in 243
South Dakota#54231 in 207
Nevada#5651 in 176
Indiana#621061 in 290
Kansas#62521 in 277
Minnesota#64801 in 297
Ohio#652051 in 292
Massachusetts#661431 in 248
District of Columbia#69311 in 297
New Hampshire#69151 in 224
Wisconsin#69831 in 321
Michigan#701551 in 326
Rhode Island#70221 in 259
Vermont#70101 in 256
Connecticut#74491 in 292
Maryland#75511 in 353
Missouri#75811 in 379
Pennsylvania#772441 in 327
Utah#79211 in 314
Washington#80501 in 376
Maine#81251 in 291
Illinois#841641 in 386
New York#843091 in 341
Florida#86591 in 378
Oklahoma#87451 in 451
New Jersey#88911 in 360
Idaho#90131 in 354
Hawaii#91161 in 295
Oregon#94231 in 433
California#961741 in 459
Georgia#99851 in 420
Colorado#100241 in 426
Virginia#105621 in 474
Tennessee#106581 in 536
North Carolina#122731 in 564
West Virginia#122271 in 678
Arizona#125131 in 503
Kentucky#129401 in 694
Alabama#132541 in 596
Arkansas#138301 in 648
Louisiana#141441 in 610
Texas#158991 in 764
Mississippi#171311 in 774
South Carolina#172301 in 795
New Mexico#17591 in 704
Alaska———
Delaware———

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 1944

girls
#85
3,218 births · 1 in 412 girls
boys
#3,109
6 births · 1 in 227,146 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #85Marjorie3,218

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #3,109Marjorie6
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 412 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 98.4% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #82Paula3,315
  2. #83Sylvia3,292
  3. #84Rebecca3,246
  4. #85Marjorie3,218
  5. #86Anne3,209
  6. #87Ruby3,189
  7. #88Kay3,170
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,229Dorinda#1,834 → #605
  2. ↑ 611Deirdre#1,556 → #945
  3. ↑ 504Alana#1,251 → #747
  4. ↑ 460Elyse#1,327 → #867
  5. ↑ 407Joella#1,395 → #988
Fallers
  1. ↓ 613Michal#996 → #1,609
  2. ↓ 493Aloma#762 → #1,255
  3. ↓ 448Louvenia#916 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 347Norine#889 → #1,236
  5. ↓ 341Lyla#864 → #1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 227,146 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 20.5% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #2,862Yates7
  2. #2,862Ysabel7
  3. #2,862Zenon7
  4. #3,109Marjorie6
  5. #3,109Abdul6
  6. #3,109Abran6
  7. #3,109Acy6
  8. #3,430Add5
  9. #3,430Adel5
  10. #3,430Adelard5

Tied with 320 names at #3,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. ↑ 647Rickie#1,461 → #814
  2. ↑ 586Rusty#1,577 → #991
  3. ↑ 585Humberto#1,280 → #695
  4. ↑ 408Llewellyn#1,343 → #935
  5. ↑ 402Hilario#1,308 → #906
Fallers
  1. ↓ 359Elwyn#923 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 356Albin#856 → #1,212
  3. ↓ 348Prentiss#980 → #1,328
  4. ↓ 286Barrie#969 → #1,255
  5. ↓ 269Duke#986 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944 →