Meaning not yet researched.
Marion: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 93 in 2025. Its best rank was #42 in 1922.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #42 in 1922; #2,044 in 2025. About 63% of babies named Marion in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,044 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1922, at #42.
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Marion: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 93 girls in 2025. Peak: #42 in 1922 · most girls in one year: 6,047 (1924).
In 2025, 93 US girls were named Marion, making it the 2,044th most common girls’ name of the year, down 167 places from #1,877 in 2024. That is 14 fewer than the 107 girls named Marion in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #42, reached in 1922. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,047, in 1924. For comparison, it was #1,511 in 2015 and #196 in 1950.
In 2025, 54 US boys were named Marion, making it the 2,504th most common boys’ name of the year, down 202 places from #2,302 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 62 boys named Marion in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #80, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 1,716, in 1921. For comparison, it was #1,905 in 2015 and #224 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marion in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 304 babies with the name. In all, 261,713 US babies have been given the name, 72% of them girls and 28% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 71,213 babies named Marion.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,253 US girls were named Marion; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 159. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,282 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marion ranked highest in Virginia in 2025, at #597 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mario (152,403 babies since 1880), Marian (143,295 babies since 1880), Marlon (31,292 babies since 1880) and Maren (13,064 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marrion, Marine and Mairin are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mary.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marrion (998), Marine (996), Mairin (753), Mariane (738), Maryon (430), Maron (410), Maurion (221), Marien (204), Marrian (153), Marren (131), Mareon (102), Mariene (84), and more.
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.
Marion is listed as a nickname for Marian, Marietta.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | 13 | #597 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #598 | — |
| Minnesota | 5 | #945 | — |
| Washington | 5 | #1,183 | #681 |
| Texas | 7 | #2,826 | #1,391 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,044 | 54 | #2,504 |
| 2024 | 107 | #1,877 | 62 | #2,302 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,664 | 59 | #2,354 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,729 | 61 | #2,341 |
| 2021 | 127 | #1,647 | 40 | #3,057 |
| 2020 | 106 | #1,847 | 57 | #2,360 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,556 | 70 | #2,074 |
| 2018 | 134 | #1,606 | 76 | #1,949 |
| 2017 | 142 | #1,550 | 77 | #1,889 |
| 2016 | 159 | #1,454 | 77 | #1,914 |
| 2015 | 150 | #1,511 | 77 | #1,905 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,541 | 82 | #1,822 |
| 2013 | 140 | #1,556 | 97 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 109 | #1,855 | 110 | #1,475 |
| 2011 | 111 | #1,826 | 102 | #1,557 |
| 2010 | 98 | #2,037 | 124 | #1,370 |
| 2009 | 110 | #1,910 | 119 | #1,418 |
| 2008 | 97 | #2,100 | 140 | #1,248 |
| 2007 | 113 | #1,865 | 146 | #1,213 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,046 | 156 | #1,118 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,888 | 167 | #1,016 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,732 | 138 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,623 | 158 | #1,004 |
| 2002 | 130 | #1,477 | 120 | #1,175 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,554 | 106 | #1,263 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,342 | 103 | #1,269 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,641 | 109 | #1,184 |
| 1998 | 124 | #1,388 | 135 | #1,012 |
| 1997 | 129 | #1,338 | 131 | #991 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,434 | 117 | #1,044 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,479 | 90 | #1,229 |
| 1994 | 123 | #1,361 | 86 | #1,262 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,403 | 101 | #1,122 |
| 1992 | 174 | #1,055 | 130 | #940 |
| 1991 | 158 | #1,124 | 145 | #876 |
| 1990 | 166 | #1,069 | 136 | #884 |
| 1989 | 152 | #1,103 | 149 | #812 |
| 1988 | 176 | #954 | 168 | #729 |
| 1987 | 151 | #1,030 | 137 | #791 |
| 1986 | 162 | #976 | 164 | #704 |
| 1985 | 168 | #937 | 155 | #712 |
| 1984 | 165 | #906 | 169 | #667 |
| 1983 | 176 | #868 | 136 | #741 |
| 1982 | 211 | #778 | 183 | #639 |
| 1981 | 211 | #777 | 187 | #626 |
| 1980 | 190 | #828 | 204 | #614 |
| 1979 | 185 | #843 | 233 | #563 |
| 1978 | 184 | #815 | 205 | #589 |
| 1977 | 229 | #686 | 227 | #553 |
| 1976 | 192 | #753 | 242 | #518 |
| 1975 | 233 | #652 | 245 | #513 |
| 1974 | 234 | #652 | 266 | #492 |
| 1973 | 268 | #589 | 298 | #455 |
| 1972 | 293 | #565 | 300 | #456 |
| 1971 | 361 | #515 | 344 | #440 |
| 1970 | 383 | #513 | 304 | #465 |
| 1969 | 414 | #475 | 341 | #428 |
| 1968 | 434 | #462 | 367 | #403 |
| 1967 | 467 | #436 | 343 | #413 |
| 1966 | 533 | #396 | 352 | #401 |
| 1965 | 567 | #387 | 430 | #374 |
| 1964 | 727 | #350 | 456 | #365 |
| 1963 | 736 | #349 | 458 | #371 |
| 1962 | 773 | #339 | 490 | #358 |
| 1961 | 751 | #347 | 566 | #330 |
| 1960 | 810 | #330 | 540 | #335 |
| 1959 | 921 | #298 | 545 | #331 |
| 1958 | 1,055 | #271 | 582 | #316 |
| 1957 | 1,055 | #267 | 610 | #307 |
| 1956 | 1,103 | #252 | 745 | #267 |
| 1955 | 1,147 | #240 | 712 | #264 |
| 1954 | 1,337 | #219 | 833 | #242 |
| 1953 | 1,275 | #226 | 777 | #241 |
| 1952 | 1,264 | #217 | 782 | #238 |
| 1951 | 1,339 | #207 | 855 | #225 |
| 1950 | 1,387 | #196 | 820 | #224 |
| 1949 | 1,520 | #182 | 839 | #218 |
| 1948 | 1,592 | #175 | 934 | #208 |
| 1947 | 1,847 | #160 | 962 | #206 |
| 1946 | 1,753 | #155 | 945 | #189 |
| 1945 | 1,602 | #145 | 841 | #184 |
| 1944 | 1,803 | #140 | 955 | #175 |
| 1943 | 2,124 | #129 | 1,066 | #170 |
| 1942 | 2,152 | #130 | 1,052 | #163 |
| 1941 | 1,986 | #130 | 1,025 | #164 |
| 1940 | 2,111 | #120 | 1,049 | #158 |
| 1939 | 2,069 | #120 | 1,033 | #155 |
| 1938 | 2,150 | #118 | 1,139 | #145 |
| 1937 | 2,309 | #109 | 1,116 | #140 |
| 1936 | 2,580 | #93 | 1,049 | #148 |
| 1935 | 2,813 | #88 | 1,181 | #134 |
| 1934 | 2,884 | #86 | 1,130 | #139 |
| 1933 | 3,199 | #73 | 1,195 | #133 |
| 1932 | 3,493 | #73 | 1,316 | #132 |
| 1931 | 3,763 | #66 | 1,311 | #133 |
| 1930 | 4,305 | #60 | 1,389 | #126 |
| 1929 | 4,633 | #53 | 1,451 | #118 |
| 1928 | 5,420 | #47 | 1,515 | #118 |
| 1927 | 5,211 | #51 | 1,592 | #117 |
| 1926 | 5,353 | #47 | 1,626 | #113 |
| 1925 | 5,577 | #47 | 1,617 | #109 |
| 1924 | 6,047 | #46 | 1,613 | #112 |
| 1923 | 5,711 | #44 | 1,670 | #106 |
| 1922 | 5,667 | #42 | 1,631 | #107 |
| 1921 | 5,814 | #43 | 1,716 | #102 |
| 1920 | 5,745 | #43 | 1,604 | #109 |
| 1919 | 5,158 | #44 | 1,488 | #106 |
| 1918 | 5,583 | #45 | 1,535 | #107 |
| 1917 | 5,371 | #45 | 1,416 | #108 |
| 1916 | 5,033 | #47 | 1,357 | #110 |
| 1915 | 4,456 | #50 | 1,295 | #112 |
| 1914 | 3,550 | #50 | 982 | #115 |
| 1913 | 2,854 | #51 | 771 | #111 |
| 1912 | 2,522 | #55 | 680 | #112 |
| 1911 | 1,744 | #58 | 346 | #110 |
| 1910 | 1,703 | #59 | 286 | #108 |
| 1909 | 1,445 | #58 | 247 | #111 |
| 1908 | 1,349 | #63 | 233 | #109 |
| 1907 | 1,251 | #63 | 226 | #106 |
| 1906 | 1,183 | #63 | 181 | #119 |
| 1905 | 1,141 | #65 | 170 | #127 |
| 1904 | 1,109 | #65 | 198 | #109 |
| 1903 | 1,042 | #61 | 188 | #104 |
| 1902 | 1,033 | #66 | 176 | #108 |
| 1901 | 963 | #63 | 159 | #107 |
| 1900 | 1,197 | #66 | 189 | #124 |
| 1899 | 973 | #63 | 152 | #112 |
| 1898 | 1,085 | #62 | 166 | #111 |
| 1897 | 994 | #60 | 153 | #113 |
| 1896 | 987 | #67 | 172 | #110 |
| 1895 | 856 | #69 | 148 | #115 |
| 1894 | 587 | #89 | 154 | #111 |
| 1893 | 532 | #93 | 139 | #117 |
| 1892 | 497 | #95 | 166 | #108 |
| 1891 | 413 | #99 | 121 | #116 |
| 1890 | 386 | #106 | 137 | #116 |
| 1889 | 331 | #115 | 153 | #107 |
| 1888 | 322 | #114 | 162 | #105 |
| 1887 | 254 | #118 | 131 | #105 |
| 1886 | 273 | #113 | 182 | #88 |
| 1885 | 198 | #126 | 141 | #103 |
| 1884 | 181 | #133 | 184 | #86 |
| 1883 | 184 | #115 | 163 | #87 |
| 1882 | 141 | #128 | 157 | #93 |
| 1881 | 110 | #143 | 162 | #82 |
| 1880 | 115 | #137 | 189 | #80 |
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).