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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201923peak #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 1923

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marjorie, so not publishedAKMaine: #14 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 76 girlsMEVermont: #13 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 64 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #19 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 76 girlsNHWashington: #12 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 69 girlsWAIdaho: #7 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 56 girlsIDMontana: #7 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 54 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #14 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 81 girlsNDMinnesota: #12 for girls · 301 births · 1 in 76 girlsMNIllinois: #14 for girls · 727 births · 1 in 82 girlsILWisconsin: #22 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 90 girlsWIMichigan: #16 for girls · 462 births · 1 in 83 girlsMINew York: #38 for girls · 689 births · 1 in 145 girlsNYMassachusetts: #19 for girls · 449 births · 1 in 81 girlsMARhode Island: #33 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 130 girlsRIOregon: #7 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 46 girlsORNevada: #22 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 55 girlsNVWyoming: #8 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 56 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #16 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 79 girlsSDIowa: #8 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 52 girlsIAIndiana: #9 for girls · 472 births · 1 in 57 girlsINOhio: #8 for girls · 828 births · 1 in 68 girlsOHPennsylvania: #34 for girls · 593 births · 1 in 162 girlsPANew Jersey: #43 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 191 girlsNJConnecticut: #25 for girls · 136 births · 1 in 93 girlsCTCalifornia: #11 for girls · 449 births · 1 in 76 girlsCAUtah: #10 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 58 girlsUTColorado: #10 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 74 girlsCONebraska: #10 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 63 girlsNEMissouri: #10 for girls · 422 births · 1 in 74 girlsMOKentucky: #35 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 159 girlsKYWest Virginia: #33 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 153 girlsWVVirginia: #58 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 226 girlsVAMaryland: #58 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 259 girlsMDDelaware: #39 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 135 girlsDEArizona: #18 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 120 girlsAZNew Mexico: #66 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 257 girlsNMKansas: #8 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 52 girlsKSArkansas: #40 for girls · 121 births · 1 in 169 girlsARTennessee: #51 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 214 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #47 for girls · 206 births · 1 in 191 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #89 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 348 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #26 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 96 girlsDCOklahoma: #29 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 143 girlsOKLouisiana: #33 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 147 girlsLAMississippi: #73 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 270 girlsMSAlabama: #60 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 234 girlsALGeorgia: #62 for girls · 145 births · 1 in 237 girlsGAHawaii: #63 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 228 girlsHITexas: #26 for girls · 346 births · 1 in 168 girlsTXFlorida: #26 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 122 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Oregon#7 · 1 in 46
  2. Montana#7 · 1 in 54
  3. Idaho#7 · 1 in 56
  4. Iowa#8 · 1 in 52
  5. Kansas#8 · 1 in 52

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#7681 in 56
Montana#7771 in 54
Oregon#71311 in 46
Iowa#84081 in 52
Kansas#83171 in 52
Ohio#88281 in 68
Wyoming#8311 in 56
Indiana#94721 in 57
Colorado#101221 in 74
Missouri#104221 in 74
Nebraska#101961 in 63
Utah#10881 in 58
California#114491 in 76
Minnesota#123011 in 76
Washington#121441 in 69
Vermont#13401 in 64
Illinois#147271 in 82
Maine#14881 in 76
North Dakota#14811 in 81
Michigan#164621 in 83
South Dakota#16811 in 79
Arizona#18281 in 120
Massachusetts#194491 in 81
New Hampshire#19451 in 76
Nevada#2251 in 55
Wisconsin#222771 in 90
Connecticut#251361 in 93
District of Columbia#26361 in 96
Florida#26971 in 122
Texas#263461 in 168
Oklahoma#291771 in 143
Louisiana#331571 in 147
Rhode Island#33441 in 130
West Virginia#331351 in 153
Pennsylvania#345931 in 162
Kentucky#351901 in 159
New York#386891 in 145
Delaware#39131 in 135
Arkansas#401211 in 169
New Jersey#431661 in 191
North Carolina#472061 in 191
Tennessee#511331 in 214
Maryland#58561 in 259
Virginia#581251 in 226
Alabama#601331 in 234
Georgia#621451 in 237
Hawaii#63151 in 228
New Mexico#66161 in 257
Mississippi#73831 in 270
South Carolina#89681 in 348
Alaska

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 1923

girls
#16
10,220 births · 1 in 118 girls
boys
#1,874
18 births · 1 in 60,895 boys

Top girls' names in 1923

  1. #1Mary71,634
  2. #2Dorothy39,043
  3. #3Helen31,486
  4. #4Margaret26,134
  5. #5Betty25,989
  6. #6Ruth23,637
  7. #7Virginia18,325
  8. #8Mildred15,989
  9. #9Elizabeth15,459
  10. #10Frances14,881
  11. #16Marjorie10,220

Top boys' names in 1923

  1. #1John57,467
  2. #2Robert56,111
  3. #3William52,136
  4. #4James50,462
  5. #5Charles28,966
  6. #6George27,025
  7. #7Joseph25,561
  8. #8Edward20,597
  9. #9Richard18,887
  10. #10Donald16,433
  11. #1,874Marjorie18
More about 1923

girls

1,206,366 girls got a published name in 1923; 1 in 118 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 99.7% of the 5,739 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #13Anna12,865
  2. #14Marie11,513
  3. #15Alice11,331
  4. #16Marjorie10,220
  5. #17Irene10,054
  6. #18Florence9,746
  7. #19Jean9,511
Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 1,834Eris#2,291#457
  2. 619Penny#1,508#889
  3. 317Laurene#1,309#992
  4. 310Cruz#1,103#793
  5. 306Dorene#1,207#901
Fallers
  1. 321Veva#962#1,283
  2. 318Arlie#949#1,267
  3. 305Gaynell#978#1,283
  4. 303Trinidad#449#752
  5. 300Laurine#897#1,197

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

boys

1,096,102 boys got a published name in 1923; 1 in 60,895 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 61.8% of the 4,904 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #1,816Vladimir19
  2. #1,816Woodroe19
  3. #1,816Yoshito19
  4. #1,874Marjorie18
  5. #1,874Achille18
  6. #1,874Adelard18
  7. #1,874Ancil18
  8. #1,941Abie17
  9. #1,941Alban17
  10. #1,941Alexis17

Tied with 66 names at #1,874; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1922
Risers
  1. 403Marcos#1,333#930
  2. 341Armin#1,333#992
  3. 309Betty#1,222#913
  4. 309Godfrey#1,222#913
  5. 308Val#1,181#873
Fallers
  1. 1,021Harden#999#2,020
  2. 472Buel#850#1,322
  3. 420Trinidad#485#905
  4. 304Gorden#722#1,026
  5. 288Joy#840#1,128

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

See the top 100 for 1923