Unisex name · since 1880
Marion
Marion has 189,218 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189,218
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marion currently ranks #2036 among unisex names in America, with 189,218 babies recorded since 1880.
Marion has 189,218 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2036 as of the latest data, more common than 88% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #210 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,036 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 189,218 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marion ranks #210 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,036 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 189,218 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #210 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,036 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 189,218
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marion's 189,218 recorded births place it above 99.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
50 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Marion compares
189,218 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marion's all-time total is 503x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marion | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 189,218 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6,047 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marion's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marion's full recorded timeline at 1953, 12% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 88% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 93 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 6,047 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marion popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1924)
- 6,047
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Marion popularity over time - boys
72,495 total births recorded since 1880 (Marion as boys' name)
Marion by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (55,178 births, 29% of the file).
1920s was Marion's strongest decade.
55,178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Marion births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 2,109
1880s
2,109 births
- 1890s 7,310
1890s
7,310 births
- 1900s 11,713
1900s
11,713 births
- 1910s
1910s
37,974 births
- 1920s
1920s
55,178 births
- 1930s
1930s
29,565 births
- 1940s 18,490
1940s
18,490 births
- 1950s 11,883
1950s
11,883 births
- 1960s 6,212
1960s
6,212 births
- 1970s 2,562
1970s
2,562 births
- 1980s 1,762
1980s
1,762 births
- 1990s 1,315
1990s
1,315 births
- 2000s 1,142
2000s
1,142 births
- 2010s 1,324
2010s
1,324 births
- 2020s 679
2020s
679 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 55,178 births (29% of all-time use).
How Marion compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marion's total volume
Marion by state
Where Marion concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 29,272 | 15.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 15,639 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 10,943 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 9,768 | 5.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 9,162 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 8,410 | 4.4% |
| #7 | Wisconsin | | 6,838 | 3.6% |
| #8 | California | | 5,884 | 3.1% |
29,272 of 189,218 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 50 reporting states.
Marion appears in 50 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marion's data
- Marion's decade-level peak was the 1920s (55,178 total births); usage has since declined to 679 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Marions (29,272 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marion: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Marion 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.