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Marion

Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#2,036 for girls

Marion is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).

What does Marion mean?

Hebrew

A female given name from Hebrew.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Marion is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 93 girls and 54 boys in the US.

How popular is Marion in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,409th among girls
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 17% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Marion, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marion in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were given Marion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,538, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#68), 1914 (#63), 1924 (#49), 1934 (#34), 1944 (#40) and 1954 (#41).

1996Busiest: 19 in 19962025
Marion in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
202412#2,323
20239#2,841
202213#2,157
20217#3,338
20209#2,766
20196#3,738
20189#2,825
20175#4,250
20168#3,105
201513#2,186
201417#1,810
201312#2,309
20123#6,108
201110#2,582
20104#4,931
20096#3,603
200814#1,943
20075#3,858
200619#1,418
200511#2,061
200412#1,812
20037#2,574
200213#1,553
20018#2,150
20007#2,304
199911#1,653
199815#1,350
199719#1,119
199619#1,090

How popular is Marion in the US?

Rank in 2025
2,036th among girls
Babies in 2025
93 about 1 in 17,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Marion, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,841st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 6,047 girls. 54 boys were also named Marion in 2025 (2,480th for boys).

2025 had the fewest girls named Marion since the records began in 1880.

Half of all the girls named Marion in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 316 girls in the US were given Marion or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #818, up from #2,036 for this spelling alone.

In 1880, 38% of the babies named Marion in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 63%, with more girls than boys since 2013.

1880Busiest: 6,047 in 19242025
Marion in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202593#2,036
2024107#1,870
2023125#1,656
2022121#1,720
2021127#1,641
2020106#1,841
2019139#1,548
2018134#1,595
2017142#1,545
2016159#1,446
2015150#1,509
2014142#1,534
2013140#1,555
2012109#1,846
2011111#1,817
201098#2,028
2009110#1,901
200897#2,092
2007113#1,859
200697#2,031
2005103#1,877
2004112#1,725
2003119#1,611
2002130#1,467
2001120#1,539
2000141#1,333
1999102#1,634
1998124#1,380
1997129#1,332
1996115#1,429
1995108#1,471
1994123#1,354
1993116#1,395
1992174#1,051
1991158#1,119
1990166#1,064
1989152#1,097
1988176#952
1987151#1,025
1986162#973
1985168#933
1984165#905
1983176#866
1982211#776
1981211#773
1980190#824
1979185#841
1978184#811
1977229#684
1976192#753
1975233#652
1974234#649
1973268#588
1972293#565
1971361#514
1970383#512
1969414#474
1968434#462
1967467#435
1966533#396
1965567#387
1964727#350
1963736#349
1962773#338
1961751#347
1960810#330
1959921#298
19581,055#270
19571,055#267
19561,103#252
19551,147#240
19541,337#219
19531,275#226
19521,264#217
19511,339#207
19501,387#196
19491,520#181
19481,592#175
19471,847#160
19461,753#155
19451,602#145
19441,803#140
19432,124#129
19422,152#130
19411,986#130
19402,111#120
19392,069#120
19382,150#118
19372,309#109
19362,580#93
19352,813#88
19342,884#86
19333,199#73
19323,493#73
19313,763#66
19304,305#60
19294,633#53
19285,420#47
19275,211#51
19265,353#47
19255,577#47
19246,047#46
19235,711#44
19225,667#42
19215,814#43
19205,745#43
19195,158#44
19185,583#45
19175,371#45
19165,033#47
19154,456#50
19143,550#50
19132,854#51
19122,522#55
19111,744#58
19101,703#59
19091,445#58
19081,349#63
19071,251#63
19061,183#63
19051,141#65
19041,109#65
19031,042#61
19021,033#66
1901963#63
19001,197#66
1899973#63
18981,085#61
1897994#60
1896987#67
1895856#69
1894587#89
1893532#92
1892497#95
1891413#99
1890386#106
1889331#115
1888322#114
1887254#118
1886273#113
1885198#126
1884181#133
1883184#115
1882141#128
1881110#142
1880115#137

Names like Marion

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Josephine, Elizabeth, Mary, Annie, Elsie, Miriam, Mabel, Evelyn, Harriet, Matilda, Alice, Margaret

Other spellings of Marion

Marian

Names related to Marion

Marnie, Marina, Marni, Mariana, Marianne, Marianna, Marin, Maren, Mariano

More Hebrew names

Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias

Every Hebrew name

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Marion: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marion, updated 20 October 2026.