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
1924 · 4,197 births
Debut · girls
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201908peak #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.

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 1908

girls
#117
578 births · 1 in 578 girls
boys
#1,373
5 births · 1 in 30,867 boys

Top girls' names in 1908

  1. #1Mary18,665
  2. #2Helen8,439
  3. #3Margaret6,976
  4. #4Ruth6,180
  5. #5Anna5,860
  6. #6Dorothy5,703
  7. #7Elizabeth4,904
  8. #8Mildred4,624
  9. #9Alice4,270
  10. #10Marie4,076
  11. #117Marian578

Top boys' names in 1908

  1. #1John9,343
  2. #2William7,529
  3. #3James7,012
  4. #4George4,584
  5. #5Robert4,219
  6. #6Joseph4,162
  7. #7Charles3,929
  8. #8Frank3,146
  9. #9Edward2,707
  10. #10Thomas2,301
  11. #1,373Marian5
More about 1908

girls

334,312 girls got a published name in 1908; 1 in 578 of them was named Marian, which outranked 95.2% of the 2,434 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #114Lola623
  2. #115Lucile592
  3. #116Lottie580
  4. #117Marian578
  5. #118Juanita572
  6. #119Loretta566
  7. #119Mable566
Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 1,122Bernetta#2,061#939
  2. 1,122Nila#2,061#939
  3. 909Arnetta#1,821#912
  4. 703Edra#1,512#809
  5. 703Hertha#1,512#809
Fallers
  1. 1,261Aurore#840#2,101
  2. 1,178Tula#923#2,101
  3. 1,111Oneida#990#2,101
  4. 1,043Walter#819#1,862
  5. 1,022Gayle#840#1,862

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

boys

154,336 boys got a published name in 1908; 1 in 30,867 of them was named Marian, which outranked 13.3% of the 1,584 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marian
  1. #1,217Yale6
  2. #1,217Young6
  3. #1,217Zeb6
  4. #1,373Marian5
  5. #1,373Adele5
  6. #1,373Adrain5
  7. #1,373Alcide5

Tied with 211 names at #1,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1907
Risers
  1. 634Ludwig#1,200#566
  2. 633Norval#1,345#712
  3. 601Duke#1,345#744
  4. 601Francesco#1,345#744
  5. 601Guss#1,345#744
Fallers
  1. 709Elden#664#1,373
  2. 709Minor#664#1,373
  3. 595Ezell#778#1,373
  4. 595Fleming#778#1,373
  5. 558Bessie#815#1,373

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

See the top 100 for 1908