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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201940peak #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 1940

girls
#64
3,681 births · 1 in 311 girls
boys
#1,983
13 births · 1 in 89,167 boys

Top girls' names in 1940

  1. #1Mary56,216
  2. #2Barbara36,736
  3. #3Patricia32,665
  4. #4Judith22,385
  5. #5Betty22,077
  6. #6Carol21,759
  7. #7Nancy19,737
  8. #8Linda18,370
  9. #9Shirley17,881
  10. #10Sandra16,153
  11. #64Marjorie3,681

Top boys' names in 1940

  1. #1James62,481
  2. #2Robert61,198
  3. #3John54,786
  4. #4William44,779
  5. #5Richard37,425
  6. #6Charles31,689
  7. #7David27,690
  8. #8Thomas23,991
  9. #9Donald23,115
  10. #10Ronald20,741
  11. #1,983Marjorie13
More about 1940

girls

1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 311 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 98.7% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #61Sally3,803
  2. #62Sylvia3,802
  3. #63Joann3,789
  4. #64Marjorie3,681
  5. #65Gail3,621
  6. #66Ruby3,619
  7. #67Dolores3,604
Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 2,494Scarlett#3,429#935
  2. 1,465Lonna#2,206#741
  3. 834Pam#1,797#963
  4. 659Jody#1,638#979
  5. 633Laraine#1,474#841
Fallers
  1. 481Fredia#996#1,477
  2. 430Eleanora#974#1,404
  3. 375Danielle#811#1,186
  4. 342Eloisa#930#1,272
  5. 298Coral#996#1,294

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

boys

1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 89,167 of them was named Marjorie, which outranked 49.6% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marjorie
  1. #1,894Wash14
  2. #1,894Wilbern14
  3. #1,894Willaim14
  4. #1,983Marjorie13
  5. #1,983Addie13
  6. #1,983Aldon13
  7. #1,983Alvester13
  8. #2,081Adron12
  9. #2,081Almer12
  10. #2,081Americo12

Tied with 97 names at #1,983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1939
Risers
  1. 565Whitney#1,458#893
  2. 447Gonzalo#1,297#850
  3. 419Weston#1,323#904
  4. 368Ashley#1,272#904
  5. 366Agustin#1,238#872
Fallers
  1. 886Montie#916#1,802
  2. 446Verlon#888#1,334
  3. 394Issac#857#1,251
  4. 392Otho#942#1,334
  5. 384Pearl#867#1,251

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

See the top 100 for 1940