Unisex name · since 1977
Marjon
Marjon has 59 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1988 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marjon sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 59 recorded since 1977.
Marjon has 59 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2002.
- #33,091 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marjon ranks #33,091 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,091 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marjon's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marjon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marjon's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marjon popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2002
- Peak year (1988)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Marjon popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 2001 (Marjon as boys' name)
Marjon by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (31 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Marjon's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Marjon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
31 births
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 31 births (53% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marjon's data
- Marjon's decade-level peak was the 1980s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marjon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1977–2002 (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 Marjon 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.