Marjory
Marjory is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 383rd, in 1922.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921294 births
- Best rank
- #383in 1922
- Since 1887
- 8,158people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,158 girls have been named Marjory in the United States since 1887, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 294 births.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 294 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1928, and the 1920s alone account for 30%. It has spent 60 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marjory | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | |
| 1890s | 158 | |
| 1900s | 216 | |
| 1910s | 1,440 | |
| 1920s | 2,473 | |
| 1930s | 1,371 | |
| 1940s | 979 | |
| 1950s | 679 | |
| 1960s | 298 | |
| 1970s | 164 | |
| 1980s | 94 | |
| 1990s | 65 | |
| 2000s | 70 | |
| 2010s | 91 | |
| 2020s | 39 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Marjory was the 392nd 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 Marjory
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marjoriepeak 1921
- Lavernapeak 1920
- Marianpeak 1924
- Alenepeak 1920
- Margerypeak 1921
- Dorothypeak 1924
- Ardellpeak 1922
- Florenepeak 1919
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.