# Marjory (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marjory/  
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 | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,172 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,172 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 | 5 | 18,560 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,191 |
| 2013 | 14 | 8,420 |
| 2014 | 13 | 8,791 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,190 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,473 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,722 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,124 |
| 2019 | 9 | 11,062 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,817 |
| 2021 | 7 | 13,017 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,692 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,547 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9,342 |
| 2025 | 14 | 7,745 |

## People named Marjory

- Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998)
- Marjory Stephenson, British biochemist (1885–1948)
- Marjory Wardrop, English historian, translator, writer
- Marjory Gordon, American nurse and theorist
- Marjory Saunders, Canadian archer (1913–2010)
- Sierra Boggess, American actress and singer
- Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl, British politician (1874-1960)

## 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.