# Marjorie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marjorie/  
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 | Greek |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Marjie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 274,611 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 594 / 274,017 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 60, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Margery, a medieval vernacular form of Margaret.

## 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 | 115 | 1,778 |
| 2012 | 130 | 1,649 |
| 2013 | 281 | 911 |
| 2014 | 387 | 724 |
| 2015 | 353 | 800 |
| 2016 | 297 | 929 |
| 2017 | 281 | 940 |
| 2018 | 206 | 1,173 |
| 2019 | 203 | 1,173 |
| 2020 | 210 | 1,136 |
| 2021 | 192 | 1,227 |
| 2022 | 187 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 185 | 1,251 |
| 2024 | 335 | 822 |
| 2025 | 246 | 1,019 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1941 | 16 | 1,800 |
| 1942 | 13 | 2,111 |
| 1943 | 12 | 2,244 |
| 1944 | 6 | 3,325 |
| 1947 | 10 | 2,606 |
| 1948 | 7 | 3,201 |
| 1952 | 5 | 4,081 |
| 1953 | 7 | 3,308 |
| 1954 | 7 | 3,345 |
| 1956 | 6 | 3,789 |
| 1959 | 8 | 3,186 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,338 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,521 |
| 1975 | 5 | 5,992 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,888 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 7 | 3,192 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Marjorie

- Marjorie Estiano, Brazilian actress and singer
- Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician
- Marjorie Boulton, British writer (1924–2017)
- Marjorie Rambeau, American actress (1889-1970)
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, American novelist (1896–1953)
- Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (1917–1997)
- Marjorie Gestring, American diver (1922–1992)
- Marjorie Clark, athletics competitor (1909-1993)
- Marjorie Lord, actress from the United States (1918–2015)
- Marjorie Lee Browne, American mathematician, educator (1914–1979)
- Marjorie Gateson, American actress (1891-1977)
- Marjorie Rice, American amateur mathematician (*1923 – †2017)

## 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.