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Marjorie

Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,016 for girls
Style
Vintage revival

Marjorie is a girls' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 1,016th for girls in the US (246 babies).

What does Marjorie mean?

Greek

A female given name from Ancient Greek.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Marjorie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 246 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marjorie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,409th among girls
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 50% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Marjorie, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 8 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marjorie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

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 (#27), 1914 (#18), 1924 (#13), 1934 (#31) and 1944 (#61).

1996Busiest: 8 in 20192025
Marjorie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20245#4,253
20236#3,766
20225#4,168
20217#3,338
20204#4,744
20198#3,018
20180–
20170–
20164#4,980
20151#7,629
20144#4,888
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#5,259
20053#4,976
20040–
20031#5,865
20020–
20010–
20000–
19993#4,041
19981#5,152
19972#5,038
19963#3,935

How popular is Marjorie in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,016th among girls
Babies in 2025
246 about 1 in 6,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 246 girls in the US were named Marjorie, making it the 1,016th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,133rd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 11,209 girls.

Half of all the girls named Marjorie in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1942, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 260 girls in the US were given Marjorie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #911, up from #1,016 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 11,209 in 19212025
Marjorie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025246#1,016
2024335#822
2023185#1,248
2022187#1,279
2021192#1,223
2020210#1,133
2019203#1,173
2018206#1,170
2017281#938
2016297#928
2015353#799
2014387#723
2013281#910
2012130#1,646
2011115#1,772
2010130#1,639
2009122#1,778
2008129#1,717
2007114#1,848
2006119#1,743
2005129#1,574
2004139#1,458
2003123#1,560
200294#1,885
200197#1,815
2000107#1,646
1999115#1,490
1998148#1,226
1997126#1,360
1996136#1,273
1995181#1,014
1994186#993
1993191#975
1992235#843
1991234#855
1990219#881
1989252#769
1988261#717
1987252#718
1986279#663
1985260#686
1984272#643
1983297#597
1982351#544
1981349#538
1980333#558
1979347#541
1978370#508
1977381#498
1976357#500
1975391#474
1974409#449
1973430#442
1972453#428
1971567#391
1970635#376
1969671#347
1968723#323
1967794#306
1966846#300
1965974#278
19641,188#257
19631,282#247
19621,373#234
19611,315#238
19601,345#237
19591,484#216
19581,442#216
19571,587#211
19561,882#187
19551,973#176
19542,221#159
19532,545#144
19522,521#141
19512,586#128
19502,700#121
19492,785#116
19483,048#110
19473,449#106
19463,041#106
19452,929#94
19443,218#85
19433,608#79
19423,625#74
19413,517#71
19403,681#64
19393,907#60
19384,318#53
19374,091#57
19364,279#49
19354,482#46
19344,972#41
19335,043#40
19325,608#37
19315,880#34
19306,633#32
19296,987#30
19287,632#29
19278,115#25
19268,640#22
19259,306#21
192410,069#17
192310,220#16
192210,385#16
192111,209#16
19208,658#24
19197,335#33
19187,517#34
19176,399#36
19165,866#37
19155,119#39
19143,713#45
19132,922#48
19122,468#56
19111,722#59
19101,391#68
19091,082#77
1908942#85
1907787#92
1906728#93
1905712#96
1904639#96
1903511#112
1902543#110
1901480#111
1900601#111
1899448#109
1898457#117
1897410#120
1896387#124
1895349#132
1894269#159
1893233#164
1892242#159
1891195#170
1890181#177
1889157#182
1888118#207
188773#246
188683#219
188559#259
188445#285
188348#261
188240#278
188115#434
188016#421

Names like Marjorie

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

Elsie, Annie, Nellie, Beatrice, Dorothy, Florence, Rosie, Mabel, Margaret, Maggie, Bonnie, Dottie

Other spellings of Marjorie

Marjory

More Greek names

Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe

Every Greek 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, “Marjorie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marjorie, updated 20 October 2026.