Meaning not yet researched.
Marjorie: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 246 in 2025. Its best rank was #16 in 1923.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #16 in 1923; #1,019 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marjorie in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,019 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1923, at #16.
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Marjorie: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 246 girls in 2025. Peak: #16 in 1923 · most girls in one year: 11,209 (1921).
In 2025, 246 US girls were named Marjorie, making it the 1,019th most common girls’ name of the year, down 197 places from #822 in 2024. That is 89 fewer than the 335 girls named Marjorie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #16, reached in 1923. The most girls given the name in a single year was 11,209, in 1921. For comparison, it was #800 in 2015 and #121 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marjorie in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 274,611 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 91,438 babies named Marjorie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,342 US girls were named Marjorie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 335. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,534 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marjorie ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #435 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Margery (15,791 babies since 1880) and Marjory (8,172 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Margorie, Marjoria and Marjarie are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Margie and Margy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Margorie (1,026), Marjoria (155), Marjarie (101), Marjori (31), Marjoree (10).
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.
Marjorie is listed as a nickname for Margie.
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 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 13 | #435 | #602 |
| Kentucky | 8 | #547 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #548 | — |
| Utah | 7 | #583 | — |
| Illinois | 13 | #732 | #1,032 |
| Alabama | 6 | #788 | — |
| New York | 19 | #849 | #701 |
| California | 32 | #903 | #668 |
| Michigan | 8 | #926 | — |
| Texas | 31 | #937 | #508 |
| Maryland | 5 | #949 | #518 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #958 | — |
| North Carolina | 9 | #1,030 | #804 |
| Ohio | 7 | #1,231 | — |
| Florida | 8 | #1,640 | #927 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,710 | #582 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,019 | — | — |
| 2024 | 335 | #822 | — | — |
| 2023 | 185 | #1,251 | — | — |
| 2022 | 187 | #1,282 | — | — |
| 2021 | 192 | #1,227 | — | — |
| 2020 | 210 | #1,136 | — | — |
| 2019 | 203 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 2018 | 206 | #1,173 | — | — |
| 2017 | 281 | #940 | — | — |
| 2016 | 297 | #929 | — | — |
| 2015 | 353 | #800 | — | — |
| 2014 | 387 | #724 | — | — |
| 2013 | 281 | #911 | — | — |
| 2012 | 130 | #1,649 | — | — |
| 2011 | 115 | #1,778 | — | — |
| 2010 | 130 | #1,645 | — | — |
| 2009 | 122 | #1,783 | — | — |
| 2008 | 129 | #1,728 | — | — |
| 2007 | 114 | #1,853 | — | — |
| 2006 | 119 | #1,756 | — | — |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,585 | — | — |
| 2004 | 139 | #1,462 | — | — |
| 2003 | 123 | #1,575 | — | — |
| 2002 | 94 | #1,893 | — | — |
| 2001 | 97 | #1,829 | — | — |
| 2000 | 107 | #1,657 | — | — |
| 1999 | 115 | #1,497 | — | — |
| 1998 | 148 | #1,231 | — | — |
| 1997 | 126 | #1,366 | — | — |
| 1996 | 136 | #1,277 | — | — |
| 1995 | 181 | #1,018 | — | — |
| 1994 | 186 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 1993 | 191 | #977 | — | — |
| 1992 | 235 | #849 | — | — |
| 1991 | 234 | #858 | — | — |
| 1990 | 219 | #888 | — | — |
| 1989 | 252 | #772 | — | — |
| 1988 | 261 | #717 | — | — |
| 1987 | 252 | #719 | — | — |
| 1986 | 279 | #664 | — | — |
| 1985 | 260 | #687 | — | — |
| 1984 | 272 | #644 | — | — |
| 1983 | 297 | #600 | — | — |
| 1982 | 351 | #544 | — | — |
| 1981 | 349 | #538 | — | — |
| 1980 | 333 | #561 | 5 | #6,888 |
| 1979 | 347 | #541 | — | — |
| 1978 | 370 | #509 | — | — |
| 1977 | 381 | #498 | — | — |
| 1976 | 357 | #500 | — | — |
| 1975 | 391 | #474 | 5 | #5,992 |
| 1974 | 409 | #449 | — | — |
| 1973 | 430 | #442 | — | — |
| 1972 | 453 | #429 | — | — |
| 1971 | 567 | #391 | — | — |
| 1970 | 635 | #376 | — | — |
| 1969 | 671 | #348 | — | — |
| 1968 | 723 | #323 | 5 | #4,521 |
| 1967 | 794 | #306 | 5 | #4,338 |
| 1966 | 846 | #301 | — | — |
| 1965 | 974 | #278 | — | — |
| 1964 | 1,188 | #257 | — | — |
| 1963 | 1,282 | #247 | — | — |
| 1962 | 1,373 | #234 | — | — |
| 1961 | 1,315 | #238 | — | — |
| 1960 | 1,345 | #237 | — | — |
| 1959 | 1,484 | #216 | 8 | #3,186 |
| 1958 | 1,442 | #216 | — | — |
| 1957 | 1,587 | #211 | — | — |
| 1956 | 1,882 | #187 | 6 | #3,789 |
| 1955 | 1,973 | #176 | — | — |
| 1954 | 2,221 | #159 | 7 | #3,345 |
| 1953 | 2,545 | #144 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 1952 | 2,521 | #141 | 5 | #4,081 |
| 1951 | 2,586 | #128 | — | — |
| 1950 | 2,700 | #121 | — | — |
| 1949 | 2,785 | #116 | — | — |
| 1948 | 3,048 | #110 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 1947 | 3,449 | #106 | 10 | #2,606 |
| 1946 | 3,041 | #106 | — | — |
| 1945 | 2,929 | #94 | — | — |
| 1944 | 3,218 | #85 | 6 | #3,325 |
| 1943 | 3,608 | #79 | 12 | #2,244 |
| 1942 | 3,625 | #74 | 13 | #2,111 |
| 1941 | 3,517 | #71 | 16 | #1,800 |
| 1940 | 3,681 | #64 | 13 | #2,049 |
| 1939 | 3,907 | #60 | 8 | #2,738 |
| 1938 | 4,318 | #53 | 11 | #2,274 |
| 1937 | 4,091 | #57 | 13 | #2,058 |
| 1936 | 4,279 | #49 | 10 | #2,398 |
| 1935 | 4,482 | #46 | 10 | #2,485 |
| 1934 | 4,972 | #41 | 16 | #1,829 |
| 1933 | 5,043 | #41 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 1932 | 5,608 | #37 | 18 | #1,758 |
| 1931 | 5,880 | #34 | 28 | #1,323 |
| 1930 | 6,633 | #32 | 26 | #1,450 |
| 1929 | 6,987 | #30 | 16 | #1,974 |
| 1928 | 7,632 | #29 | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1927 | 8,115 | #25 | 23 | #1,625 |
| 1926 | 8,640 | #22 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1925 | 9,306 | #21 | 23 | #1,614 |
| 1924 | 10,069 | #17 | 20 | #1,820 |
| 1923 | 10,220 | #16 | 18 | #1,916 |
| 1922 | 10,385 | #16 | 15 | #2,200 |
| 1921 | 11,209 | #16 | 20 | #1,802 |
| 1920 | 8,658 | #24 | 20 | #1,797 |
| 1919 | 7,335 | #33 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1918 | 7,517 | #34 | 20 | #1,744 |
| 1917 | 6,399 | #36 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1916 | 5,866 | #37 | 8 | #3,085 |
| 1915 | 5,119 | #39 | 11 | #2,396 |
| 1914 | 3,713 | #45 | 10 | #2,212 |
| 1913 | 2,922 | #48 | 9 | #2,037 |
| 1912 | 2,468 | #56 | 8 | #1,989 |
| 1911 | 1,722 | #59 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,391 | #68 | 6 | #1,522 |
| 1909 | 1,082 | #78 | — | — |
| 1908 | 942 | #85 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1907 | 787 | #93 | — | — |
| 1906 | 728 | #93 | — | — |
| 1905 | 712 | #96 | — | — |
| 1904 | 639 | #96 | — | — |
| 1903 | 511 | #112 | — | — |
| 1902 | 543 | #110 | — | — |
| 1901 | 480 | #111 | — | — |
| 1900 | 601 | #111 | — | — |
| 1899 | 448 | #109 | — | — |
| 1898 | 457 | #117 | — | — |
| 1897 | 410 | #120 | — | — |
| 1896 | 387 | #124 | — | — |
| 1895 | 349 | #132 | — | — |
| 1894 | 269 | #159 | — | — |
| 1893 | 233 | #165 | — | — |
| 1892 | 242 | #161 | — | — |
| 1891 | 195 | #170 | — | — |
| 1890 | 181 | #177 | — | — |
| 1889 | 157 | #182 | — | — |
| 1888 | 118 | #211 | — | — |
| 1887 | 73 | #247 | — | — |
| 1886 | 83 | #221 | — | — |
| 1885 | 59 | #260 | — | — |
| 1884 | 45 | #288 | — | — |
| 1883 | 48 | #263 | — | — |
| 1882 | 40 | #282 | — | — |
| 1881 | 15 | #441 | — | — |
| 1880 | 16 | #428 | — | — |
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).