# Marian (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marian/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 143,295 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,351 / 141,944 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 389, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 151 | 1,486 |
| 2012 | 185 | 1,289 |
| 2013 | 172 | 1,356 |
| 2014 | 191 | 1,264 |
| 2015 | 236 | 1,100 |
| 2016 | 203 | 1,216 |
| 2017 | 190 | 1,248 |
| 2018 | 197 | 1,205 |
| 2019 | 190 | 1,237 |
| 2020 | 164 | 1,347 |
| 2021 | 173 | 1,310 |
| 2022 | 214 | 1,141 |
| 2023 | 210 | 1,156 |
| 2024 | 209 | 1,154 |
| 2025 | 217 | 1,103 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 5 | 7,421 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,942 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,004 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,245 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,101 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,293 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,726 |
| 1996 | 5 | 9,971 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,213 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,644 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,617 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,572 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,388 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,488 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,368 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,888 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | 2,837 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 17 | 1,498 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Esperanto: Marianna
- French: Marianne
- Greek: Μάριαν, Μαριάννα
- Hebrew: מריאן
- Italian: Marianna
- Japanese: マリアン
- Norwegian: Marion, Marianne
- Portuguese: Mariana

## People named Marian

- Marian Anderson, African-American contralto (1897–1993)
- Marián Čalfa, Czech lawyer
- Marian Simion, boxer
- Marian Álvarez, actress
- Marian Wright Edelman, American activist for children's rights (born 1939)
- Marian McPartland, British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013)
- Marian Sarr, German association football player
- Marian Hristov, Bulgarian footballer
- Marian Marsh, actress (1913-2006)
- Marian Diamond, American professor of human anatomy and neuroanatomy (1926–2017)
- Marian Nixon, actress
- Marian Stamp Dawkins, British biologist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.