Marjorie
Marjorie is ranked 822nd among girls in 2024 (334 births). Its best rank was 16th, in 1921–1923.
- Rank in 2024
- #822outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 3340.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 192111,209 births
- Best rank
- #16first in 1921
- Since 1880
- 273,770people given the name
The story in the numbers
273,770 girls have been named Marjorie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 11,209 births — 0.91% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 334 births in 2024, against 11,209 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 33%. It has spent 121 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 42 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marjorie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 654 | |
| 1890s | 3,171 | |
| 1900s | 7,025 | |
| 1910s | 44,452 | |
| 1920s | 91,221 | |
| 1930s | 49,213 | |
| 1940s | 32,901 | |
| 1950s | 20,941 | |
| 1960s | 10,511 | |
| 1970s | 4,340 | |
| 1980s | 2,906 | |
| 1990s | 1,771 | |
| 2000s | 1,173 | |
| 2010s | 2,383 | |
| 2020s | 1,108 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Marjorie was the 16th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Marjorie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dorothypeak 1924
- Marjorypeak 1921
- Dorrispeak 1924
- Dorthapeak 1921
- Jaunitapeak 1924
- Marianpeak 1924
- Virginiapeak 1922
- Lavernapeak 1920
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.