girls:
8.1k births since 1887
#1806 (68th percentile)
overall:
8.1k births since 1887
#2997 (61st percentile)
The name Marjory is the #2,997 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,147 recorded births since 1887. This represents the 61.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,806 (68.4% percentile) for all time with 8,147 births since 1887.
Marjory first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1887 (first recorded for girls in 1887). Birth data for Marjory is available in 133 out of the 137 years between 1887 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Marjory reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 41.1% percentile (ranked #352) with 232 births per million. The name was most common in 1922, with 232 births per million (ranked 41.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marjory ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 1.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marjory".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marjory. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.0% confident that Marjory is pronounced as MAHR-jer-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHRJ-ree, at 22.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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