Meaning not yet researched.
Marian: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 217 in 2025. Its best rank was #64 in 1924.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #64 in 1924; #1,103 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marian in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,103 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1924, at #64.
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Marian: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 217 girls in 2025. Peak: #64 in 1924 · most girls in one year: 4,197 (1924).
In 2025, 217 US girls were named Marian, making it the 1,103rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 51 places from #1,154 in 2024. That is 8 more than the 209 girls named Marian in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #64, reached in 1924. That year also had the most girls given the name: 4,197. For comparison, it was #1,100 in 2015 and #212 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marian in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 56 babies with the name. In all, 143,295 US babies have been given the name, 99% of them girls and 0.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 39,316 babies named Marian.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,967 US girls were named Marian; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 217. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,407 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marian ranked highest in Nebraska in 2025, at #374 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Maria (570,389 babies since 1880), Marion (261,713 babies since 1880), Mariana (45,972 babies since 1880) and Mariann (7,192 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marjan, Marieann and Maaran are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marianna and Marion.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Czech, Dutch, English, Polish, Romanian and Spanish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marjan (269), Marieann (193), Maaran (32), Marriann (20), Mariaann (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 33 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | 6 | #374 | — |
| Alabama | 7 | #689 | — |
| Washington | 9 | #718 | #902 |
| Utah | 5 | #785 | #683 |
| Texas | 38 | #793 | #980 |
| Arizona | 7 | #880 | #1,047 |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #906 | #621 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #944 | — |
| Florida | 16 | #986 | #1,097 |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,029 | — |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,103 | #1,614 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,291 | — |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,306 | #1,338 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,347 | — |
| California | 15 | #1,543 | #1,133 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,547 | #958 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,708 | #869 |
| New York | 6 | #1,978 | #1,455 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 217 | #1,103 | — | — |
| 2024 | 209 | #1,154 | — | — |
| 2023 | 210 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 2022 | 214 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 2021 | 173 | #1,310 | 5 | #13,368 |
| 2020 | 164 | #1,347 | 6 | #11,488 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,237 | — | — |
| 2018 | 197 | #1,205 | — | — |
| 2017 | 190 | #1,248 | 7 | #10,388 |
| 2016 | 203 | #1,216 | 9 | #8,572 |
| 2015 | 236 | #1,100 | — | — |
| 2014 | 191 | #1,264 | — | — |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,356 | — | — |
| 2012 | 185 | #1,289 | — | — |
| 2011 | 151 | #1,486 | — | — |
| 2010 | 210 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 2009 | 169 | #1,402 | — | — |
| 2008 | 194 | #1,284 | 7 | #10,617 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,339 | — | — |
| 2006 | 202 | #1,202 | — | — |
| 2005 | 204 | #1,144 | 5 | #12,644 |
| 2004 | 208 | #1,101 | — | — |
| 2003 | 191 | #1,139 | — | — |
| 2002 | 198 | #1,075 | — | — |
| 2001 | 207 | #1,039 | — | — |
| 2000 | 315 | #735 | — | — |
| 1999 | 172 | #1,142 | — | — |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,378 | 6 | #9,213 |
| 1997 | 160 | #1,159 | — | — |
| 1996 | 159 | #1,146 | 5 | #9,971 |
| 1995 | 153 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1994 | 181 | #1,024 | 5 | #9,726 |
| 1993 | 170 | #1,074 | 6 | #8,293 |
| 1992 | 216 | #906 | — | — |
| 1991 | 232 | #864 | 5 | #9,101 |
| 1990 | 203 | #938 | 10 | #5,245 |
| 1989 | 193 | #932 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1988 | 178 | #948 | 6 | #6,942 |
| 1987 | 179 | #927 | — | — |
| 1986 | 207 | #813 | 5 | #7,421 |
| 1985 | 201 | #813 | — | — |
| 1984 | 199 | #800 | — | — |
| 1983 | 180 | #850 | 6 | #5,953 |
| 1982 | 232 | #733 | 6 | #6,107 |
| 1981 | 205 | #792 | — | — |
| 1980 | 215 | #769 | 8 | #4,787 |
| 1979 | 189 | #828 | — | — |
| 1978 | 200 | #774 | — | — |
| 1977 | 205 | #747 | 11 | #3,511 |
| 1976 | 217 | #682 | 8 | #4,259 |
| 1975 | 207 | #715 | 5 | #5,989 |
| 1974 | 237 | #645 | 6 | #5,014 |
| 1973 | 265 | #595 | — | — |
| 1972 | 264 | #604 | 7 | #4,273 |
| 1971 | 315 | #564 | 8 | #3,837 |
| 1970 | 381 | #515 | — | — |
| 1969 | 343 | #533 | 8 | #3,483 |
| 1968 | 389 | #491 | 11 | #2,679 |
| 1967 | 480 | #429 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1966 | 518 | #407 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1965 | 599 | #373 | — | — |
| 1964 | 756 | #346 | 7 | #3,490 |
| 1963 | 853 | #323 | 7 | #3,535 |
| 1962 | 900 | #311 | 11 | #2,611 |
| 1961 | 906 | #304 | 6 | #3,905 |
| 1960 | 1,024 | #285 | 10 | #2,796 |
| 1959 | 1,069 | #269 | 6 | #3,856 |
| 1958 | 1,055 | #270 | 9 | #2,953 |
| 1957 | 1,352 | #227 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,247 | #232 | 14 | #2,224 |
| 1955 | 1,499 | #208 | 16 | #2,022 |
| 1954 | 4,013 | #104 | 13 | #2,279 |
| 1953 | 1,366 | #217 | 7 | #3,307 |
| 1952 | 1,245 | #221 | 11 | #2,456 |
| 1951 | 1,236 | #220 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 1950 | 1,258 | #212 | 9 | #2,707 |
| 1949 | 1,363 | #199 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,387 | #196 | 12 | #2,287 |
| 1947 | 1,606 | #179 | 9 | #2,797 |
| 1946 | 1,649 | #162 | — | — |
| 1945 | 1,446 | #163 | 10 | #2,341 |
| 1944 | 1,587 | #155 | 11 | #2,269 |
| 1943 | 1,793 | #149 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1942 | 1,838 | #141 | 8 | #2,857 |
| 1941 | 1,678 | #142 | 11 | #2,285 |
| 1940 | 1,694 | #142 | 11 | #2,267 |
| 1939 | 1,839 | #130 | 18 | #1,611 |
| 1938 | 1,864 | #128 | 17 | #1,724 |
| 1937 | 1,904 | #129 | 19 | #1,614 |
| 1936 | 2,059 | #114 | 26 | #1,311 |
| 1935 | 2,265 | #105 | 27 | #1,316 |
| 1934 | 2,426 | #97 | 18 | #1,709 |
| 1933 | 2,638 | #89 | 19 | #1,621 |
| 1932 | 2,837 | #86 | 21 | #1,566 |
| 1931 | 2,862 | #84 | 39 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 3,213 | #80 | 40 | #1,107 |
| 1929 | 3,447 | #75 | 31 | #1,286 |
| 1928 | 3,886 | #71 | 44 | #1,052 |
| 1927 | 3,721 | #74 | 28 | #1,427 |
| 1926 | 3,859 | #70 | 46 | #1,028 |
| 1925 | 3,979 | #67 | 27 | #1,440 |
| 1924 | 4,197 | #64 | 38 | #1,179 |
| 1923 | 4,029 | #65 | 34 | #1,249 |
| 1922 | 3,951 | #67 | 28 | #1,424 |
| 1921 | 4,064 | #69 | 32 | #1,313 |
| 1920 | 3,845 | #73 | 30 | #1,341 |
| 1919 | 3,261 | #82 | 37 | #1,151 |
| 1918 | 3,503 | #76 | 37 | #1,143 |
| 1917 | 3,267 | #74 | 29 | #1,285 |
| 1916 | 3,198 | #72 | 33 | #1,149 |
| 1915 | 2,612 | #86 | 25 | #1,361 |
| 1914 | 1,862 | #90 | 34 | #959 |
| 1913 | 1,452 | #93 | 17 | #1,296 |
| 1912 | 1,313 | #93 | 14 | #1,326 |
| 1911 | 884 | #105 | 11 | #1,096 |
| 1910 | 806 | #106 | 10 | #1,092 |
| 1909 | 641 | #114 | 5 | #1,617 |
| 1908 | 578 | #117 | 5 | #1,527 |
| 1907 | 556 | #119 | 10 | #911 |
| 1906 | 498 | #126 | — | — |
| 1905 | 455 | #136 | 5 | #1,357 |
| 1904 | 406 | #141 | 6 | #1,159 |
| 1903 | 355 | #147 | 5 | #1,240 |
| 1902 | 338 | #152 | 5 | #1,248 |
| 1901 | 296 | #159 | 8 | #825 |
| 1900 | 408 | #145 | 8 | #1,017 |
| 1899 | 336 | #138 | 6 | #1,006 |
| 1898 | 343 | #145 | 5 | #1,242 |
| 1897 | 309 | #149 | — | — |
| 1896 | 267 | #164 | 5 | #1,205 |
| 1895 | 265 | #161 | — | — |
| 1894 | 124 | #243 | — | — |
| 1893 | 140 | #218 | — | — |
| 1892 | 164 | #195 | 5 | #1,191 |
| 1891 | 108 | #233 | — | — |
| 1890 | 112 | #231 | 5 | #1,098 |
| 1889 | 90 | #245 | — | — |
| 1888 | 92 | #242 | 5 | #1,125 |
| 1887 | 85 | #227 | — | — |
| 1886 | 55 | #280 | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1885 | 64 | #252 | 5 | #1,032 |
| 1884 | 61 | #249 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1883 | 47 | #267 | — | — |
| 1882 | 42 | #270 | 5 | #1,038 |
| 1881 | 39 | #261 | 6 | #835 |
| 1880 | 56 | #205 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).