Mostly girls · peaked in 1917
Marion name popularity since 1925
150,134 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marion (67.4% girls, 32.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1939 or earlier, so the typical Marion is about 87 years old in 2026. Marion peaked in 1917 as the #45 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 150,134
- Named Marion, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1917
- #45 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,044 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 67.4% girls
- 101,128 girls · 49,006 boys
- Most popular in
- South Carolina
- 3.35× its national share
Peak year is the year Marion made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Marion births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Marion peaked earlier, in 1917.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, Marion's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 4,610 to 1 in 7,630.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Marion's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marion.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marion in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 26,194 | 7,801 | – |
| 1930s | 29,565 | 11,859 | #88 |
| 1940s | 18,490 | 9,668 | #145 |
| 1950s | 11,883 | 7,261 | #240 |
| 1960s | 6,212 | 4,343 | #387 |
| 1970s | 2,562 | 2,664 | #652 |
| 1980s | 1,762 | 1,652 | #937 |
| 1990s | 1,315 | 1,180 | #1,479 |
| 2000s | 1,142 | 1,353 | #1,888 |
| 2010s | 1,324 | 892 | #1,511 |
| 2020–25 | 679 | 333 | #2,044 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
48.1% of babies named Marion from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Marion is most popular
The index compares Marion's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Marion.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 3.35× | 6,757 |
| Vermont | 2.62× | 629 |
| Maine | 1.82× | 1,124 |
| Georgia | 1.77× | 7,047 |
| Massachusetts | 1.61× | 5,514 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marion and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Marion (this page) | 101,128 | 1917 |
| Marian | 92,370 | 1928 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marion's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marion.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marion (1917).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data