Girls' name · since 1880
Marjorie
274,017 babies named Marjorie in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274,017
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
274,017 babies have been named Marjorie since 1880, making it today's #1017 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marjorie has been recorded 274,017 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #1017 nationally and more common than 94% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #144 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,017 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 274,017 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marjorie ranks #144 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,017 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 274,017 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #144 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,017 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 274,017
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Marjorie's 274,017 recorded births place it above 99.8% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Marjorie compares
274,017 Top 1% higher than 99% of 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
Marjorie's all-time total is 729x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marjorie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 274,017 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11,209 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marjorie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marjorie's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 14% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 86%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1881, with only 15 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 11,209, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marjorie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 11,209
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Marjorie popularity over time - boys
594 total births recorded since 1908 (Marjorie as boys' name)
Marjorie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (91,221 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Marjorie's strongest decade.
91,221 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Marjorie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 654
1880s
654 births
- 1890s 3,171
1890s
3,171 births
- 1900s 7,025
1900s
7,025 births
- 1910s
1910s
44,452 births
- 1920s
1920s
91,221 births
- 1930s
1930s
49,213 births
- 1940s 32,901
1940s
32,901 births
- 1950s 20,941
1950s
20,941 births
- 1960s 10,511
1960s
10,511 births
- 1970s 4,340
1970s
4,340 births
- 1980s 2,906
1980s
2,906 births
- 1990s 1,771
1990s
1,771 births
- 2000s 1,173
2000s
1,173 births
- 2010s 2,383
2010s
2,383 births
- 2020s 1,355
2020s
1,355 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 91,221 births (33% of all-time use).
How Marjorie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marjorie's total volume
Marjorie by state
Where Marjorie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 23,262 | 8.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 17,412 | 6.4% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 17,211 | 6.3% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 16,517 | 6.0% |
| #5 | California | | 13,197 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 12,693 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 11,756 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 10,195 | 3.7% |
23,262 of 274,017 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Marjorie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marjorie's data
- Marjorie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (91,221 total births); usage has since declined to 1,355 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Marjories (23,262 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marjorie
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marjorie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Marjorie 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.