Marjorie Girl
How popular is Marjorie?
#1,016 girl name in 2025
246 baby girls were named Marjorie in the US in 2025, making it the 1016th most popular girl name.
Marjorie popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,016 for girls (▼ 194 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 246 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #799 in 2015, #1,133 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (11,209 girls) |
| Highest rank | #16 in 1921 (3 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marjorie counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marjorie family of names ranked #868 for girls in 2025 (#745 the year before), with 260 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marjorie | 246 | 95% |
| Marjory | 14 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marjorie is most popular
Babies named Marjorie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maryland: 0.3 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.2 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (83 girls)
Marjorie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 654 | #182 |
| 1890s | 3,171 | #109 |
| 1900s | 7,025 | #77 |
| 1910s | 44,452 | #33 |
| 1920s | 91,221 | #16 |
| 1930s | 49,213 | #32 |
| 1940s | 32,901 | #64 |
| 1950s | 20,941 | #121 |
| 1960s | 10,511 | #234 |
| 1970s | 4,340 | #376 |
| 1980s | 2,906 | #538 |
| 1990s | 1,771 | #843 |
| 2000s | 1,173 | #1,458 |
| 2010s | 2,383 | #723 |
| 2020s | 1,355 | #822 |
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Questions
- Is Marjorie a boy or girl name?
- Marjorie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marjorie were girls.
- How popular is the name Marjorie?
- 246 baby girls were named Marjorie in the US in 2025, making it the 1016th most popular girl name.
- When was Marjorie most popular?
- Marjorie peaked in 1921, when 11,209 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #16, held for 3 years starting in 1921.
- How many people are named Marjorie?
- 274,611 babies have been named Marjorie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 76,992 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 76.
- Where is Marjorie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marjorie was most common in Maryland, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.