Marjan — #10374 US girls' name
256 babies named Marjan in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
24% of everyone ever named Marjan was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Marjan in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marjan
The Social Security Administration has registered 256 babies named Marjan between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marjan currently holds the #10374 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marjan performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Marjan shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marjan in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marjan in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 256 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marjan at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Marjan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #10374 among girls.
256 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Marjan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 62 births that decade — 24% of Marjan's all-time total
Marjan decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Marjan's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Marjan by state
Where Marjan concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 6.6% |
17 of 256 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1949–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.