Girls' name · since 1949
Marjan
Marjan has 269 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1949
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marjan is the #7968 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 269 recorded since 1949.
Social Security Administration records show Marjan recorded 269 times among girls since 1949, holding rank #7968 nationally today, ahead of 54% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #16,892 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,968 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 269 born since 1949
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marjan ranks #16,892 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,968 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 269 born since 1949, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,968 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 269
- born since 1949
- 2020s
- peak decade
Marjan's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Marjan compares
269 43rd percentile among 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
Marjan's all-time total is 28% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marjan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 269 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marjan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marjan's full recorded timeline at 1998, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marjan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Marjan by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 24% of the file).
2020s was Marjan's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Marjan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
28 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (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 | 6.3% |
17 of 269 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marjan's data
- California records the most Marjans (17 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marjan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Marjan 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.