Marjorie

Where Marjorie comes from

Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret.
— Wiktionary's entry for Marjorie
  • Ancient Greek
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1921
    Peak, #16
    11,209 babies named Marjorie — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1933
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #40.
  4. 1974
    Marjorie Taylor Greene born
    American politician
  5. 1982
    Marjorie Estiano born
    Brazilian actress and singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Marjorie Estiano · Brazilian actress and singer, born 1982
  • Marjorie Taylor Greene · American politician, born 1974
  • Marjorie Boulton · British writer, 1924–2017
  • Marjorie Jackson-Nelson · Governor of South Australia, born 1931
  • Marjorie Main · US actress, 1890–1975

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.