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
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 4,197 births
- Debut · girls
- 56 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 23 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 141,944since 1880
Marian over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,102 | 217 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,152 | 209 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,154 | 210 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,138 | 214 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,304 | 173 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #1,343 | 164 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #1,233 | 190 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,204 | 197 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,248 | 190 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #1,214 | 203 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #1,095 | 236 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,261 | 191 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,351 | 172 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,288 | 185 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,480 | 151 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,156 | 210 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,398 | 169 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,281 | 194 | #9,871 | 7 |
| 2007 | #1,332 | 182 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,197 | 202 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,143 | 204 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,099 | 208 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,138 | 191 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,073 | 198 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,037 | 207 | — | |
| 2000 | #735 | 315 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,138 | 172 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,373 | 125 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #1,155 | 160 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,139 | 159 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #1,144 | 153 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,023 | 181 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #1,070 | 170 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #904 | 216 | — | |
| 1991 | #860 | 232 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #935 | 203 | #4,993 | 10 |
| 1989 | #930 | 193 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #945 | 178 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #924 | 179 | — | |
| 1986 | #809 | 207 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #813 | 201 | — | |
| 1984 | #798 | 199 | — | |
| 1983 | #848 | 180 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #733 | 232 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #791 | 205 | — | |
| 1980 | #767 | 215 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #827 | 189 | — | |
| 1978 | #772 | 200 | — | |
| 1977 | #747 | 205 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #682 | 217 | #4,012 | 8 |
| 1975 | #712 | 207 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #644 | 237 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #592 | 265 | — | |
| 1972 | #603 | 264 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #563 | 315 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #515 | 381 | — | |
| 1969 | #533 | 343 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #491 | 389 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #428 | 480 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #407 | 518 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #373 | 599 | — | |
| 1964 | #346 | 756 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #322 | 853 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #311 | 900 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #304 | 906 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #285 | 1,024 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #269 | 1,069 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #270 | 1,055 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #227 | 1,352 | — | |
| 1956 | #232 | 1,247 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #208 | 1,499 | #1,979 | 16 |
| 1954 | #104 | 4,013 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #217 | 1,366 | #3,143 | 7 |
| 1952 | #220 | 1,245 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #220 | 1,236 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #212 | 1,258 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #199 | 1,363 | — | |
| 1948 | #196 | 1,387 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #179 | 1,606 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #162 | 1,649 | — | |
| 1945 | #163 | 1,446 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #155 | 1,587 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #149 | 1,793 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #141 | 1,838 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #142 | 1,678 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #142 | 1,694 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | #130 | 1,839 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #128 | 1,864 | #1,689 | 17 |
| 1937 | #129 | 1,904 | #1,576 | 19 |
| 1936 | #114 | 2,059 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1935 | #105 | 2,265 | #1,295 | 27 |
| 1934 | #97 | 2,426 | #1,658 | 18 |
| 1933 | #89 | 2,638 | #1,586 | 19 |
| 1932 | #86 | 2,837 | #1,548 | 21 |
| 1931 | #84 | 2,862 | #1,078 | 39 |
| 1930 | #80 | 3,213 | #1,093 | 40 |
| 1929 | #75 | 3,447 | #1,272 | 31 |
| 1928 | #71 | 3,886 | #1,041 | 44 |
| 1927 | #74 | 3,721 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1926 | #70 | 3,859 | #1,018 | 46 |
| 1925 | #67 | 3,979 | #1,425 | 27 |
| 1924 | #64 | 4,197 | #1,169 | 38 |
| 1923 | #65 | 4,029 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #67 | 3,951 | #1,396 | 28 |
| 1921 | #69 | 4,064 | #1,296 | 32 |
| 1920 | #73 | 3,845 | #1,323 | 30 |
| 1919 | #82 | 3,261 | #1,139 | 37 |
| 1918 | #76 | 3,503 | #1,124 | 37 |
| 1917 | #74 | 3,267 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #72 | 3,198 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #86 | 2,612 | #1,342 | 25 |
| 1914 | #90 | 1,862 | #949 | 34 |
| 1913 | #93 | 1,452 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #93 | 1,313 | #1,268 | 14 |
| 1911 | #105 | 884 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #106 | 806 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #114 | 641 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #117 | 578 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #119 | 556 | #866 | 10 |
| 1906 | #125 | 498 | — | |
| 1905 | #136 | 455 | #1,233 | 5 |
| 1904 | #141 | 406 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | #147 | 355 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #152 | 338 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #159 | 296 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #145 | 408 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #138 | 336 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #145 | 343 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #149 | 309 | — | |
| 1896 | #164 | 267 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #161 | 265 | — | |
| 1894 | #242 | 124 | — | |
| 1893 | #218 | 140 | — | |
| 1892 | #195 | 164 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #232 | 108 | — | |
| 1890 | #230 | 112 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #245 | 90 | — | |
| 1888 | #242 | 92 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | #225 | 85 | — | |
| 1886 | #280 | 55 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #252 | 64 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #247 | 61 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | #265 | 47 | — | |
| 1882 | #269 | 42 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | #257 | 39 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #205 | 56 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1924 at #64 (4,197 births)
- Births halved by 1936, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 23 yrs · run 1912–1934
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1880–1992
- 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
- 27.5% of all girls named Marian (38,978) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 631 | #205 (1880) | #249 |
| 1890s | 2,168 | #138 (1899) | #187 |
| 1900s | 4,531 | #114 (1909) | #136 |
| 1910s | 22,158 | #72 (1916) | #88 |
| 1920s | 38,978 | #64 (1924) | #70 |
| 1930s | 23,907 | #80 (1930) | #104 |
| 1940s | 16,041 | #141 (1942) | #163 |
| 1950s | 15,340 | #104 (1954) | #218 |
| 1960s | 6,768 | #285 (1960) | #380 |
| 1970s | 2,480 | #515 (1970) | #666 |
| 1980s | 1,989 | #733 (1982) | #836 |
| 1990s | 1,771 | #860 (1991) | #1,074 |
| 2000s | 2,070 | #735 (2000) | #1,143 |
| 2010s | 1,925 | #1,095 (2015) | #1,253 |
| 2020s | 1,187 | #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 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 4,217 of them was named Marian, which outranked 94.0% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 157,998 of them was named Marian, which outranked 45.7% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,445Yaakov12
- #2,445Yusef12
- #2,445Yvonne12
- #2,576Marian11
- #2,576Aidan11
- #2,576Aj11
- #2,576Albin11
- #2,735Adolf10
- #2,735Amando10
- #2,735Andrei10
Tied with 158 names at #2,576; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.