Marjean — girls' name
1,558 babies named Marjean in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Marjean was born in this single decade.
55 babies were named Marjean in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marjean
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,558 babies named Marjean between 1915 and 1981, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marjean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 55 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marjean performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 399 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Marjean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Wisconsin and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Marjean in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marjean 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 1,558 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.
Marjean at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marjean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1915
- Peak year (1951)
- 55
- Annual births at peak — across 67 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
1,558 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 55 births in a single year.
Marjean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 399 births that decade — 26% of Marjean's all-time total
Marjean decade highlights
- Peak decade 399 births
- Runner-up 392 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Marjean's strongest decade
399 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Marjean by state
Where Marjean concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Utah | | 61 | 3.9% |
| #2 | Wisconsin | | 44 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Minnesota | | 37 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Iowa | | 33 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 33 | 2.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 19 | 1.2% |
| #7 | South Dakota | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Nebraska | | 6 | 0.4% |
61 of 1,558 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Utah 3.9% of nationwide
- Wisconsin 2.8% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.4% of nationwide
- Iowa 2.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Utah accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marjean appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–1981 (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.