Girls' name · peaked in 1921
Marjorie name popularity since 1925
168,578 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Marjorie. Half of them were born in 1938 or earlier, so the typical Marjorie is about 88 years old in 2026. Marjorie peaked in 1921 as the #16 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 168,578
- Named Marjorie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1921
- #16 for girls that year
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,019 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 168,174 girls · 404 boys
- Most popular in
- South Dakota
- 2.24× its national share
Peak year is the year Marjorie 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.
Marjorie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Marjorie peaked earlier, in 1921.
- Steepest fall: Between 1953 and 1958, Marjorie's share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 739 to 1 in 1,400.
- Fastest rise: Between 2009 and 2014, it became 3.3× more common, from 1 in 15,100 baby girls to 1 in 4,620.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Marjorie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Marjorie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Marjorie 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 | 40,680 | 124 | – |
| 1930s | 49,213 | 150 | #46 |
| 1940s | 32,901 | 77 | #94 |
| 1950s | 20,941 | 33 | #176 |
| 1960s | 10,511 | 10 | #278 |
| 1970s | 4,340 | 5 | #474 |
| 1980s | 2,906 | 5 | #687 |
| 1990s | 1,771 | 0 | #1,018 |
| 2000s | 1,173 | 0 | #1,585 |
| 2010s | 2,383 | 0 | #800 |
| 2020–25 | 1,355 | 0 | #1,019 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
50.2% of babies named Marjorie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Marjorie is most popular
The index compares Marjorie'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 Marjorie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | 2.24× | 1,191 |
| North Dakota | 2.16× | 1,134 |
| Vermont | 2.11× | 587 |
| Iowa | 2.07× | 4,388 |
| Montana | 2.05× | 999 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Marjorie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Marjorie (this page) | 168,174 | 1921 |
| Marjory | 4,947 | 1922 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Marjorie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Marjorie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Marjorie (1921).
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