Marjorie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled as Margery, Marjory or Margaery. Marjorie is a medieval variant of Margery, influenced by the name of the herb marjoram.

From Wikipedia

Marjorie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 11,209 babies (rank #16 that year). In 2024 it was given to 334 girls (rank #822). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Marjorie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Marjorie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
5PersonalityThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

274,364

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

11,209

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Marjorie

Marjorie Estianofilm actor · b. 1982
Marjorie Taylor Greenepolitician · b. 1974
Marjorie Boultonesperantologist · b. 1924
Marjorie Jackson-Nelsonathletics competitor · b. 1931
Marjorie Mainfilm actor · b. 1890

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	16	#428
1881	15	#441
1882	40	#282
1883	48	#263
1884	45	#288
1885	59	#260
1886	83	#221
1887	73	#247
1888	118	#211
1889	157	#182
1890	181	#177
1891	195	#170
1892	242	#161
1893	233	#165
1894	269	#159
1895	349	#132
1896	387	#124
1897	410	#120
1898	457	#117
1899	448	#109
1900	601	#111
1901	480	#111
1902	543	#110
1903	511	#112
1904	639	#96
1905	712	#96
1906	728	#93
1907	787	#93
1908	942	#85
1909	1,082	#78
1910	1,391	#68
1911	1,722	#59
1912	2,468	#56
1913	2,922	#48
1914	3,713	#45
1915	5,119	#39
1916	5,866	#37
1917	6,399	#36
1918	7,517	#34
1919	7,335	#33
1920	8,658	#24
1921	11,209	#16
1922	10,385	#16
1923	10,220	#16
1924	10,069	#17
1925	9,306	#21
1926	8,640	#22
1927	8,115	#25
1928	7,632	#29
1929	6,987	#30
1930	6,633	#32
1931	5,880	#34
1932	5,608	#37
1933	5,043	#40
1934	4,972	#41
1935	4,482	#46
1936	4,279	#49
1937	4,091	#57
1938	4,318	#53
1939	3,907	#60
1940	3,681	#64
1941	3,517	#71
1942	3,625	#74
1943	3,608	#79
1944	3,218	#85
1945	2,929	#94
1946	3,041	#106
1947	3,449	#106
1948	3,048	#110
1949	2,785	#116
1950	2,700	#121
1951	2,586	#128
1952	2,521	#141
1953	2,545	#144
1954	2,221	#159
1955	1,973	#176
1956	1,882	#187
1957	1,587	#211
1958	1,442	#216
1959	1,484	#216
1960	1,345	#237
1961	1,315	#239
1962	1,373	#234
1963	1,282	#247
1964	1,188	#257
1965	974	#278
1966	846	#301
1967	794	#306
1968	723	#323
1969	671	#348
1970	635	#376
1971	567	#391
1972	453	#429
1973	430	#442
1974	409	#449
1975	391	#474
1976	357	#500
1977	381	#498
1978	370	#509
1979	347	#541
1980	333	#562
1981	349	#538
1982	351	#544
1983	297	#600
1984	272	#644
1985	260	#687
1986	279	#664
1987	252	#719
1988	261	#717
1989	252	#772
1990	219	#888
1991	234	#858
1992	235	#849
1993	191	#977
1994	186	#1,000
1995	181	#1,018
1996	136	#1,277
1997	126	#1,366
1998	148	#1,231
1999	115	#1,497
2000	107	#1,657
2001	97	#1,828
2002	94	#1,893
2003	123	#1,575
2004	139	#1,461
2005	129	#1,585
2006	119	#1,756
2007	114	#1,853
2008	129	#1,728
2009	122	#1,782
2010	130	#1,645
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	#1,172
2019	203	#1,172
2020	210	#1,136
2021	192	#1,227
2022	187	#1,282
2023	185	#1,251
2024	334	#822