Marny — girls' name
254 babies named Marny in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Marny was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Marny in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marny
The Social Security Administration has registered 254 babies named Marny between 1923 and 1981, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marny performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marny 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 254 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.
Marny at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1923
- Peak year (1970)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
254 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 24 births in a single year.
Marny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 114 births that decade — 45% of Marny's all-time total
Marny decade highlights
- Peak decade 114 births
- Runner-up 62 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Marny's strongest decade
114 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Marny by state
Where Marny concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.0% |
5 of 254 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.0% 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, 1923–1981 (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.