Marjory — #8944 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marjory

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,158 babies named Marjory between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marjory currently holds the #8944 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 294 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marjory performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,473 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marjory shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 746 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Marjory in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marjory 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 8,158 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.