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Marion

Unisex name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~68,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,036 among girls
Births in 2025
147 261,713 since 1880
Typical age
72 years, median

Marion popularity over time

Marion rank by birth year, 1880–2025Marion ranked #137 in 1880 and #2,036 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #42, in 1922.#100#1,000#2,036best #42 in 192218901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

1924 is the peak year for Marion, with 7,660 births. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 46 years put Marion in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #2,036, on 147 births. The ten-year change is -35%. It slipped 166 places against the previous year.

Babies named Marion per yearPeaks at 7,660 births in 1924.7,660 in 1924018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Marion?

An estimated 68,100 living Americans are called Marion. SSA has recorded 261,713 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 44,800 women and 23,400 men.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Marion?

Median age among living Marions: 72. The 1940s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Marion a early 20th-century name.

Your Marion

Ages of living people named MarionHalf of living Marions are older than 72 and half younger.median 72020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Marion is most common

South Carolina uses the name 1.7× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Marion is used more than average2 states use the name Marion more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 1.7× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: 1.6× the national rateGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Marion is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
South Carolina 36 1.7×
Georgia 86 1.6×

Is Marion a boy's or a girl's name?

72% girls28% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Recent births under the name Marion divide almost evenly between girls and boys. Across the whole record, 72.3% of births under the name were girls.

Marion in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Marion ranked #3,333 in 2025 on 10 births. That is 43% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Marion comes from

From Middle English Marion, from Old French Marion, a diminutive of Marie, used in England since the Middle Ages.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Marion

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Marion Cotillard French actress 1975 92
Marion Bartoli French tennis player 1984 61
Marion Jones American athlete 1975 50
Marion Zimmer Bradley American novelist and editor 1930–1999 45
Marion Maréchal French politician 1989 39
Marion Davies American actress 1897–1961 36
Marion Raven Norwegian singer 1984 30
Marion Ramsey American actress 1947–2021 25
Photo credits (6)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 2,090 in 1911 to 3,202 in 1912 — 1.5 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

How Marion is usually spelled

Spellings within one or two letters of each other, and how 2025 births divided between them.
SpellingBirths in 2025Share
Marian 217 60%
Marion this page 147 40%

Names similar to Marion

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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