Marian Girl
How popular is Marian?
#1,102 girl name in 2025
217 baby girls were named Marian in the US in 2025, making it the 1102nd most popular girl name.
Marian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,102 for girls (▲ 50 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 217 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-8% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,095 in 2015, #1,343 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1924 (4,197 girls) |
| Highest rank | #64 in 1924 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marian family of names ranked #472 for girls in 2025 (#520 the year before), with 608 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marian | 217 | 36% |
| Marion | 93 | 15% |
| Maryann | 114 | 19% |
| Marianne | 110 | 18% |
| Maryanne | 41 | 7% |
| Maryan | 19 | 3% |
| Mariann | 8 | 1% |
| Marien | 6 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marian is most popular
Babies named Marian per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.4 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.3 per 1,000 (70 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (184 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Nebraska: 0.2 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Marian by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 631 | #205 |
| 1890s | 2,168 | #138 |
| 1900s | 4,531 | #114 |
| 1910s | 22,158 | #72 |
| 1920s | 38,978 | #64 |
| 1930s | 23,907 | #80 |
| 1940s | 16,041 | #141 |
| 1950s | 15,340 | #104 |
| 1960s | 6,768 | #285 |
| 1970s | 2,480 | #515 |
| 1980s | 1,989 | #733 |
| 1990s | 1,771 | #858 |
| 2000s | 2,070 | #735 |
| 2010s | 1,925 | #1,095 |
| 2020s | 1,187 | #1,102 |
Girl names about as popular as Marian
Questions
- Is Marian a boy or girl name?
- Marian is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Marian were girls.
- How popular is the name Marian?
- 217 baby girls were named Marian in the US in 2025, making it the 1102nd most popular girl name.
- When was Marian most popular?
- Marian peaked in 1924, when 4,197 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #64 in 1924.
- How many people are named Marian?
- 143,295 babies have been named Marian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 47,820 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 72.
- Where is Marian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marian was most common in Arizona, at 0.4 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.