girls:
3.4k births since 1946
#2981 (48th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1972
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1946
#4702 (39th percentile)
The name Marni is the #4,702 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,380 recorded births since 1946. This represents the 39.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,981 (47.8% percentile) for all time with 3,375 births since 1946. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1972.
Marni first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1946 (1946 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Marni is available in 77 out of the 78 years between 1946 and 2023 (77 years for girls and 1 years for boys). 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.
The name Marni has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.9% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Marni reached its peak popularity in 1969, achieving the 30.3% percentile (ranked #532) with 144 births per million. The name was most common in 1969, with 144 births per million (ranked 30.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marni ranks #930 for girls (1.8% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 8.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marni reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #661) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1972.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marni".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Marni is pronounced as MAHR-nee, which has 2 syllables.
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