How rare is the name Marion?

79,603 people in the United States have the first name Marion, about 1 in 3,794. It ranks #666 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARION

#666

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
79,603
About
1 in 3,794
This common or more
63.6%
Who bears it

Of the 79,603 people named Marion, 75.2% reported their origin as White, 17.9% as Black and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 70.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marion peaked in 1924, when 7,660 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1924
Births that year
7,660
In 2025*
147 ▼98%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 261,713 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.

Marion by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #58. The largest share of babies named Marion, 45.3%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#1313,733
1890s#868,818
1900s#7213,680
1910s#6348,130
1920s#5871,213
1930s#9941,424
1940s#21128,158
1950s#33519,144
1960s#50910,555
1970s#7515,226
1980s#1,0443,414
1990s#1,4692,495
2000s#1,7452,495
2010s#2,0522,216
2020s#2,5001,012
Before 19015.3%
Greatest Generation 1901–2745.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.6%
Baby boom 1946–6413.7%
Generation X 1965–803.8%
Millennials 1981–961.8%
Generation Z 1997–121.5%
2013 and later1%

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 Marion is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marion has been most common in Vermont (3.6×), South Carolina (2.6×), and Maine (2.1×), and least common in Arizona (0.15×).

227,389 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 Marion

#664 Dianne · 79,711#665 Roman · 79,669#667 Daniela · 78,946#668 Clifford · 78,907

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marion, most common first.

#797 Marian · 61,582#2,762 Marin · 8,436#17,639 Marien · 621#20,433 Marrion · 506#21,445 Maron · 473#33,126 Mariona · 251#34,544 Maryon · 236#40,852 Maurion · 181

Also a last name

As a last name, Marion ranks #2,562 of 156,621, with 13,755 people. See Marion as a last name

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