Marjorie
Marjorie was given to 246 girls in 2025, #1,019 among girls’ names; 274,611 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 69,000 Americans named Marjorie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 74 years old and half are between 62 and 83.
Marjorie dropped 197 places in 2025, the #14 drop among the girls’ top 1,000 of 2024.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marjorie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marjorie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marjorie is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.”
Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marjorie?
#1,019 among girls’ names, 2025
Marjorie fell from #800 in 2015 to #1,019 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.20 to 0.15 per 1,000.
11,229 babies in 1921, the peak
Marjorie peaked in 1921, when 11,229 babies were given it (11,209 girls, #16 among girls’ names). The 246 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,019 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 335 | #822 | 0.21 |
| 2023 | 185 | #1,251 | 0.12 |
| 2022 | 187 | #1,282 | 0.11 |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,227 | 0.12 |
| 2020 | 210 | #1,136 | 0.13 |
| 2019 | 203 | #1,173 | 0.12 |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,173 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 281 | #940 | 0.16 |
| 2016 | 297 | #929 | 0.17 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 353 | #800 | 0.20 |
| 2014 | 387 | #724 | 0.22 |
| 2013 | 281 | #911 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 130 | #1,649 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,778 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 130 | #1,645 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,783 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,728 | 0.07 |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,853 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,756 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,585 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,461 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,574 | 0.07 |
| 2002 | 94 | #1,891 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,825 | 0.05 |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,654 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,495 | 0.06 |
| 1998 | 148 | #1,229 | 0.08 |
| 1997 | 126 | #1,364 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 136 | #1,275 | 0.08 |
| 1995 | 181 | #1,015 | 0.10 |
| 1994 | 186 | #999 | 0.10 |
| 1993 | 191 | #975 | 0.11 |
| 1992 | 235 | #847 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 234 | #856 | 0.12 |
| 1990 | 219 | #886 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 252 | #771 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 261 | #717 | 0.15 |
| 1987 | 252 | #719 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 279 | #664 | 0.16 |
| 1985 | 260 | #687 | 0.15 |
| 1984 | 272 | #644 | 0.16 |
| 1983 | 297 | #600 | 0.18 |
| 1982 | 351 | #544 | 0.21 |
| 1981 | 349 | #538 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 333 | #561 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 347 | #541 | 0.22 |
| 1978 | 370 | #509 | 0.24 |
| 1977 | 381 | #498 | 0.25 |
| 1976 | 357 | #500 | 0.24 |
| 1975 | 391 | #474 | 0.27 |
| 1974 | 409 | #449 | 0.28 |
| 1973 | 430 | #442 | 0.29 |
| 1972 | 453 | #429 | 0.30 |
| 1971 | 567 | #391 | 0.34 |
| 1970 | 635 | #376 | 0.36 |
| 1969 | 671 | #348 | 0.40 |
| 1968 | 723 | #323 | 0.44 |
| 1967 | 794 | #306 | 0.48 |
| 1966 | 846 | #301 | 0.50 |
| 1965 | 974 | #278 | 0.55 |
| 1964 | 1,188 | #257 | 0.63 |
| 1963 | 1,282 | #247 | 0.67 |
| 1962 | 1,373 | #234 | 0.70 |
| 1961 | 1,315 | #238 | 0.65 |
| 1960 | 1,345 | #237 | 0.67 |
| 1959 | 1,484 | #216 | 0.73 |
| 1958 | 1,442 | #216 | 0.72 |
| 1957 | 1,587 | #211 | 0.78 |
| 1956 | 1,882 | #187 | 0.94 |
| 1955 | 1,973 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1954 | 2,221 | #159 | 1.1 |
| 1953 | 2,545 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1952 | 2,521 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1951 | 2,586 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 1950 | 2,700 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 1949 | 2,785 | #116 | 1.6 |
| 1948 | 3,048 | #110 | 1.8 |
| 1947 | 3,449 | #106 | 1.9 |
| 1946 | 3,041 | #106 | 1.9 |
| 1945 | 2,929 | #94 | 2.2 |
| 1944 | 3,218 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 3,608 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1942 | 3,625 | #74 | 2.7 |
| 1941 | 3,517 | #71 | 2.9 |
| 1940 | 3,681 | #64 | 3.2 |
| 1939 | 3,907 | #60 | 3.6 |
| 1938 | 4,318 | #53 | 3.9 |
| 1937 | 4,091 | #57 | 3.8 |
| 1936 | 4,279 | #49 | 4.1 |
| 1935 | 4,482 | #46 | 4.3 |
| 1934 | 4,972 | #41 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 5,043 | #41 | 5.0 |
| 1932 | 5,608 | #37 | 5.3 |
| 1931 | 5,880 | #34 | 5.5 |
| 1930 | 6,633 | #32 | 5.9 |
| 1929 | 6,987 | #30 | 6.3 |
| 1928 | 7,632 | #29 | 6.6 |
| 1927 | 8,115 | #25 | 6.8 |
| 1926 | 8,640 | #22 | 7.3 |
| 1925 | 9,306 | #21 | 7.6 |
| 1924 | 10,069 | #17 | 8.1 |
| 1923 | 10,220 | #16 | 8.5 |
| 1922 | 10,385 | #16 | 8.6 |
| 1921 | 11,209 | #16 | 9.1 |
| 1920 | 8,658 | #24 | 7.2 |
| 1919 | 7,335 | #33 | 6.5 |
| 1918 | 7,517 | #34 | 6.5 |
| 1917 | 6,399 | #36 | 5.9 |
| 1916 | 5,866 | #37 | 5.6 |
| 1915 | 5,119 | #39 | 5.2 |
| 1914 | 3,713 | #45 | 4.9 |
| 1913 | 2,922 | #48 | 4.7 |
| 1912 | 2,468 | #56 | 4.4 |
| 1911 | 1,722 | #59 | 4.1 |
| 1910 | 1,391 | #68 | 3.5 |
| 1909 | 1,082 | #78 | 3.1 |
| 1908 | 942 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1907 | 787 | #93 | 2.5 |
| 1906 | 728 | #93 | 2.5 |
| 1905 | 712 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1904 | 639 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1903 | 511 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1902 | 543 | #110 | 2.1 |
| 1901 | 480 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1900 | 601 | #111 | 2.0 |
| 1899 | 448 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1898 | 457 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1897 | 410 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1896 | 387 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1895 | 349 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1894 | 269 | #159 | 1.2 |
| 1893 | 233 | #165 | 1.1 |
| 1892 | 242 | #161 | 1.1 |
| 1891 | 195 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1890 | 181 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1889 | 157 | #182 | 0.88 |
| 1888 | 118 | #211 | 0.66 |
| 1887 | 73 | #247 | 0.50 |
| 1886 | 83 | #221 | 0.57 |
| 1885 | 59 | #260 | 0.44 |
| 1884 | 45 | #288 | 0.35 |
| 1883 | 48 | #263 | 0.43 |
| 1882 | 40 | #282 | 0.37 |
| 1881 | 15 | #441 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 16 | #428 | 0.18 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marjorie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marjorie has been given almost only to girls: 594 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marjorie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marjorie, and how old are they?
69,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 25% of the 274,611 Americans ever recorded as Marjorie. The median Marjorie alive today is 74 years old; half are between 62 and 83.
The 2020 Census counted 97,802 people named Marjorie (97,688 women and girls, 114 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 91,688 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 21,200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 29,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 8,000 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,840 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,920 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marjorie born?
The states with the most babies named Marjorie are New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania, with 22% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 23,267 | #849 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 17,412 | #1,230 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 17,211 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 16,517 | #732 | 1.1× |
| California | 13,197 | #903 | 1.1× |
| Michigan | 12,698 | #926 | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 11,756 | #435 | 1.3× |
| Indiana | 10,195 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Texas | 8,936 | #937 | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 8,347 | #548 | 1.6× |
Where Marjorie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marjorie is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marjorie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 283,039 babies since 1880, Marjorie is the most given (97% of them). In 2025 it was given to 246 of their 260 babies (95%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marjorie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marjorie and names like it
- Compare Marjorie and MarjoryBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sMarjorie peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marjorie since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Marjorie: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Marjorie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Marjorie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with MMost given first.