Marion

#2,036 for girls in 2025, 93 births · #2,480 for boys in 2025, 54 births
Given to girls 72.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
#42
1922 · 5,667 births
Debut · girls
1880
115 births
In top 100 · girls
46 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
189,218
since 1880

Marion over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #42, 1922peak #80, 1880girlsboys
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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#2,03693#2,48054
2024#1,870107#2,28862
2023#1,656125#2,34659
2022#1,720121#2,32561
2021#1,641127#3,02140
2020#1,841106#2,34757
2019#1,548139#2,06270
2018#1,595134#1,93776
2017#1,545142#1,88377
2016#1,446159#1,90377
2015#1,509150#1,89577
2014#1,534142#1,81282
2013#1,555140#1,58897
2012#1,846109#1,466110
2011#1,817111#1,544102
2010#2,02898#1,368124
2009#1,901110#1,413119
2008#2,09297#1,240140
2007#1,859113#1,206146
2006#2,03197#1,116156
2005#1,878103#1,013167
2004#1,726112#1,142138
2003#1,612119#1,001158
2002#1,468130#1,174120
2001#1,540120#1,254106
2000#1,335141#1,267103
1999#1,636102#1,181109
1998#1,382124#1,008135
1997#1,334129#988131
1996#1,431115#1,042117
1995#1,474108#1,22190
1994#1,357123#1,25486
1993#1,397116#1,118101
1992#1,053174#936130
1991#1,122158#874145
1990#1,066166#881136
1989#1,100152#810149
1988#952176#727168
1987#1,025151#787137
1986#973162#704164
1985#933168#710155
1984#905165#665169
1983#866176#740136
1982#776211#638183
1981#773211#626187
1980#824190#613204
1979#841185#563233
1978#811184#587205
1977#684229#552227
1976#753192#516242
1975#652233#513245
1974#649234#492266
1973#588268#455298
1972#565293#456300
1971#514361#440344
1970#512383#464304
1969#474414#427341
1968#462434#403367
1967#435467#412343
1966#396533#401352
1965#387567#373430
1964#350727#364456
1963#349736#370458
1962#338773#358490
1961#347751#330566
1960#330810#335540
1959#298921#331545
1958#2701,055#316582
1957#2671,055#307610
1956#2521,103#267745
1955#2401,147#263712
1954#2191,337#241833
1953#2261,275#241777
1952#2171,264#238782
1951#2071,339#225855
1950#1961,387#224820
1949#1811,520#218839
1948#1751,592#208934
1947#1601,847#206962
1946#1551,753#189945
1945#1451,602#184841
1944#1401,803#175955
1943#1292,124#1701,066
1942#1302,152#1631,052
1941#1301,986#1641,025
1940#1202,111#1581,049
1939#1202,069#1551,033
1938#1182,150#1451,139
1937#1092,309#1391,116
1936#932,580#1481,049
1935#882,813#1341,181
1934#862,884#1391,130
1933#733,199#1331,195
1932#733,493#1311,316
1931#663,763#1331,311
1930#604,305#1261,389
1929#534,633#1181,451
1928#475,420#1181,515
1927#515,211#1171,592
1926#475,353#1121,626
1925#475,577#1081,617
1924#466,047#1121,613
1923#445,711#1061,670
1922#425,667#1071,631
1921#435,814#1021,716
1920#435,745#1091,604
1919#445,158#1061,488
1918#455,583#1071,535
1917#455,371#1081,416
1916#475,033#1101,357
1915#504,456#1121,295
1914#503,550#115982
1913#512,854#111771
1912#552,522#112680
1911#581,744#110346
1910#591,703#108286
1909#581,445#111247
1908#631,349#109233
1907#631,251#106226
1906#631,183#119181
1905#651,141#127170
1904#651,109#109198
1903#611,042#104188
1902#661,033#108176
1901#63963#107159
1900#661,197#123189
1899#63973#112152
1898#611,085#111166
1897#60994#113153
1896#67987#110172
1895#69856#115148
1894#89587#111154
1893#92532#117139
1892#95497#108166
1891#99413#115121
1890#106386#116137
1889#115331#107153
1888#114322#105162
1887#118254#105131
1886#113273#88182
1885#126198#101141
1884#133181#86184
1883#115184#87163
1882#128141#92157
1881#142110#82162
1880#137115#80189
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Marion was already there! It came in at #137, and was given to 115 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 2018–2025, when fewer than 140 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marion
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 166 spots since 2024 (#1,870 → #2,036)
  • 195 spots since 2020 (#1,841 → #2,036)
  • 527 spots since 2015 (#1,509 → #2,036)
  • Biggest jump: 73 spots in 1988 (#1,025 → #952)
  • Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1989 (#952 → #1,100)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1922 at #42 (5,667 births)
  • Births halved by 1935, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 46 yrs · run 1891–1936
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1986
Share of babies · girls
1 in 201
  • Highest: 1 in 201 girls born in 1917 were named Marion (0.50%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,282 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #42 in 1922, was only 1 in 212 (0.47%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 29.2% of all girls named Marion (55,178) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2013
  • Mostly boys until 2012, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,109#113 (1886)#124
1890s7,310#60 (1897)#80
1900s11,713#58 (1909)#63
1910s37,974#44 (1919)#50
1920s55,178#42 (1922)#46
1930s29,565#60 (1930)#89
1940s18,490#120 (1940)#147
1950s11,883#196 (1950)#239
1960s6,212#330 (1960)#387
1970s2,562#512 (1970)#657
1980s1,762#773 (1981)#913
1990s1,315#1,053 (1992)#1,325
2000s1,142#1,335 (2000)#1,744
2010s1,324#1,446 (2016)#1,642
2020s679#1,641 (2021)#1,794

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.

Marion in 2013

girls
#1,555
140 births · 1 in 12,534 girls
boys
#1,588
97 births · 1 in 19,501 boys

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #1,555Marion140

Top boys' names in 2013

  1. #1Noah18,291
  2. #2Jacob18,201
  3. #3Liam18,153
  4. #4Mason17,730
  5. #5William16,669
  6. #6Ethan16,260
  7. #7Michael15,544
  8. #8Alexander14,923
  9. #9Jayden14,804
  10. #10Daniel14,326
  11. #1,588Marion97
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 12,534 of them was named Marion, which outranked 91.9% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marion
  1. #1,546Love141
  2. #1,546Taliah141
  3. #1,546Vivianna141
  4. #1,555Marion140
  5. #1,555Beatriz140
  6. #1,557Amariah139
  7. #1,557Calla139
  8. #1,557Cierra139

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

boys

1,891,581 boys got a published name in 2013; 1 in 19,501 of them was named Marion, which outranked 88.7% of the 14,070 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marion
  1. #1,578Rhyder98
  2. #1,578Ryley98
  3. #1,578Zyler98
  4. #1,588Marion97
  5. #1,588Antwon97
  6. #1,588Arnold97
  7. #1,588Ayush97
  8. #1,605Chael96
  9. #1,605Fredy96
  10. #1,605Jullian96

Tied with 16 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 843Jayceon#1,050 → #207
  2. ↑ 636Milan#1,182 → #546
  3. ↑ 604Atlas#1,383 → #779
  4. ↑ 504Jayse#1,466 → #962
  5. ↑ 423Duke#1,145 → #722
Fallers
  1. ↓ 318Austyn#898 → #1,216
  2. ↓ 291Masen#723 → #1,014
  3. ↓ 274Jaidyn#979 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 267Trevon#925 → #1,192
  5. ↓ 260Bently#637 → #897

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →