Girls' name · since 1921
Marijean
373 babies named Marijean in U.S. Social Security records since 1921, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,108 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 373
- born since 1921
- 1940s
- peak decade
Marijean sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 373 recorded since 1921.
Marijean has 373 recorded births among girls since 1921, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1921 to 1988.
- #14,108 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 373 born since 1921
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marijean ranks #14,108 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 373 born since 1921, peaking in the 1940s.
- #14,108 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 373
- born since 1921
- 1940s
- peak decade
Marijean's 373 recorded births place it above 80.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marijean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marijean's full recorded timeline at 1949, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1932, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marijean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1988
- Peak year (1959)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Marijean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (117 births, 31% of the file).
1940s was Marijean's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Marijean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 29
1920s
29 births
- 1930s
1930s
51 births
- 1940s
1940s
117 births
- 1950s
1950s
106 births
- 1960s 43
1960s
43 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 117 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Marijean's decade-level peak was the 1940s (117 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marijean: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~67 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1921–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marijean draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.