Marjo — girls' name
201 babies named Marjo in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Marjo was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Marjo in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marjo
The Social Security Administration has registered 201 babies named Marjo between 1935 and 1969, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marjo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marjo performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 71 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Marjo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Dakota, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marjo in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marjo 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 201 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.
Marjo at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marjo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1935
- Peak year (1939)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
201 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 35 births in a single year.
Marjo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 71 births that decade — 35% of Marjo's all-time total
Marjo decade highlights
- Peak decade 71 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Marjo's strongest decade
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Marjo by state
Where Marjo concentrates geographically — total births since 1935
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Dakota | | 7 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.5% |
7 of 201 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Dakota 3.5% of nationwide
- Texas 2.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Dakota accounts for 3.5% 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, 1935–1969 (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.