first name
MARIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 61,582 people named Marian, 74.1% reported their origin as White, 11.9% as Black and 8% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marian peaked in 1924, when 4,235 babies got the name.
At least 143,295 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #120. The largest share of babies named Marian, 40.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marian has been most common in North Dakota (2.7×), Pennsylvania (2.2×), and South Dakota (2.1×), and least common in Nevada (0.08×).
130,457 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marian ranks #27,268 of 156,621, with 937 people. See Marian as a last name
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