Marrion — #12324 US boys' name
620 babies named Marrion in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
18% of everyone ever named Marrion was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Marrion in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marrion
The Social Security Administration has registered 620 babies named Marrion between 1881 and 2024, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marrion currently holds the #12324 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Marrion is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 378 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marrion performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marrion shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marrion in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marrion 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 620 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.
Marrion at a glance
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Current rank
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Marrion popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1881
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
Currently ranks #12324 among boys.
620 total births across 144 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 18 births in a single year.
Marrion popularity over time — girls
378 total births recorded since 1915 (Marrion as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Marrion accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marrion by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 113 births that decade — 18% of Marrion's all-time total
Marrion decade highlights
- Peak decade 113 births
- Runner-up 107 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Marrion's strongest decade
113 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Marrion by state
Where Marrion concentrates geographically — total births since 1881
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 620 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 0.8% 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, 1881–2024 (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.