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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201934peak #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.

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 1934

girls
#41
4,972 births · 1 in 210 girls
boys
#1,783
16 births · 1 in 64,537 boys

Top girls' names in 1934

  1. #1Mary56,929
  2. #2Betty31,089
  3. #3Barbara29,239
  4. #4Shirley22,841
  5. #5Dorothy21,281
  6. #6Patricia20,844
  7. #7Joan19,465
  8. #8Margaret15,144
  9. #9Helen14,100
  10. #10Nancy13,520
  11. #41Marjorie4,972

Top boys' names in 1934

  1. #1Robert55,843
  2. #2James54,270
  3. #3John46,743
  4. #4William40,175
  5. #5Richard33,167
  6. #6Donald30,408
  7. #7Charles29,790
  8. #8George18,500
  9. #9Thomas17,373
  10. #10Joseph17,111
  11. #1,783Marjorie16
More about 1934

girls

1,044,225 girls got a published name in 1934; 1 in 210 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 99.2% of the 4,973 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. #38Annie5,018
  2. #39Ruby4,978
  3. #40Louise4,973
  4. #41Marjorie4,972
  5. #42Catherine4,933
  6. #43Geraldine4,837
  7. #44Eleanor4,718
Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 571Luann#1,442#871
  2. 469Alison#1,442#973
  3. 439Golda#1,364#925
  4. 350Ronald#1,244#894
  5. 346Gale#1,102#756
Fallers
  1. 685Nira#463#1,148
  2. 342Vina#782#1,124
  3. 316Zita#947#1,263
  4. 299Myrtie#834#1,133
  5. 278Theola#985#1,263

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

boys

1,032,596 boys got a published name in 1934; 1 in 64,537 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 57.6% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #1,725Thompson17
  2. #1,725West17
  3. #1,725Wilburt17
  4. #1,783Marjorie16
  5. #1,783Alcide16
  6. #1,783Alf16
  7. #1,783Alpha16
  8. #1,860Alvan15
  9. #1,860Anson15
  10. #1,860Apolonio15

Tied with 76 names at #1,783; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1933
Risers
  1. 746Lanny#1,361#615
  2. 630Kerry#1,586#956
  3. 620Marland#1,456#836
  4. 404Kirk#1,202#798
  5. 350Valentin#1,281#931
Fallers
  1. 730Neville#995#1,725
  2. 616Garner#770#1,386
  3. 520Vivian#905#1,425
  4. 488Finis#869#1,357
  5. 464Malcom#961#1,425

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

See the top 100 for 1934