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Marjorie

Girls' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~76,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,016 among girls
Births in 2025
246 274,611 since 1880
Typical age
75 years, median

Marjorie popularity over time

Marjorie rank by birth year, 1880–2025Marjorie ranked #421 in 1880 and #1,016 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #16, in 1921.#100#1,000#1,016best #16 in 192118901920195019802010
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.

Marjorie was used most in 1921, when 11,229 babies were given the name. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Across the record, 42 years put Marjorie in the top 100.

The 2025 position is #1,016, on 246 births. Compared with 2015, births are down 30%. Year on year the rank dropped by 194.

Babies named Marjorie per yearPeaks at 11,229 births in 1921.11,229 in 1921018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Marjorie?

An estimated 76,500 living Americans are called Marjorie. SSA has recorded 274,611 births under the name since 1880.

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 Marjorie?

Median age among living Marjories: 75. Most living bearers were born in the 1940s. By the site’s era rules that makes Marjorie a early 20th-century name.

Your Marjorie

Ages of living people named MarjorieHalf of living Marjories are older than 75 and half younger.median 75020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Marjorie is most common

Marjorie is 2.5× as common in Maryland as it is nationally. Virginia, New Jersey and New York follow.

Where Marjorie is used more than average5 states use the name Marjorie 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: 1.4× the national rateNYOregon: 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: 1.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: 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: 1.8× the national rateVAMaryland: 2.5× the national rateMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.4× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: 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 Marjorie is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Maryland 79 2.5×
Virginia 93 1.8×
New Jersey 80 1.5×
New York 164 1.4×
Massachusetts 49 1.4×

Marjorie in England and Wales

ONS recorded 7 births named Marjorie in 2025, ranking it #3,333. That is 2.3× 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 Marjorie comes from

Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret.

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

Notable people named Marjorie

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Marjorie Estiano Brazilian actress and singer 1982 103
Marjorie Taylor Greene American politician 1974 38
Marjorie Boulton British writer 1924–2017 37
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Governor of South Australia (2001-07) 1931 31
Marjorie Main US actress 1890–1975 31
Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer South African naturalist 1907–2004 27
Marjorie Rambeau American actress 1889–1970 27
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings American novelist 1896–1953 27
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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