Marjorie

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marjorie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marjorie: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 11 years, its highest recorded position is #276, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#276highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Marjorie's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1999	#3900
2005	#4798
2006	#5061
2014	#4684
2016	#4763
2019	#2869
2020	#5493
2021	#3192
2022	#4645
2023	#3598
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1984
Highest recorded position: #276 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1966 (recorded 1964–1984).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marjorie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 77 births with the name.

Marjorie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marjorie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#2869 (2019)	#4192 (2024)	12 of 29	53 (1996–2024)	8 (2019)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#276 (1966)	#516 (1984)	16 of 21	77 (1964–1984)	8 (1975)

Marjorie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marjorie in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	29	5 of 10	6
1970s	39	8 of 10	5
1980s	9	3 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Marjorie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #276 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Marjorie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3192	7	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#348	8	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#321	8	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#332	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#322	6	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	7	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #276, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1975.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
11 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
32 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1975Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Betina · #277, 29y
Emely · #277, 31y
Carine · #278, 31y
Griffin · #274, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Judy · #277, 57y
Vaidas · #277, 22y
Amin · #274, 50y
Carine · #278, 31y

Marjorie was ranked #276 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marjorie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marjorie without appearing here.

Marjorie moved ahead of

Carol Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4763 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2869 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.
Tracey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #5493 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #3598 and #5687.

Moved ahead of Marjorie

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #1939.
Fiadh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #4684 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2757.
Tania Compare
In 1972 they stood at #332 and #389 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #508 and #262.
Zoe Compare
In 1972 they stood at #332 and #471 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1973 that had become #508 and #292.

Moved the opposite way to Marjorie

Aisling Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 while Aisling went from #154 to #19.
Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 while Alison went from #146 to #67.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 while Amanda went from #118 to #47.
Aoife Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 while Aoife went from #206 to #16.

Moved the same way as Marjorie

Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 and Alice from #57 to #137.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 and Angela from #24 to #97.
Ann Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 and Ann from #4 to #32.
Anna Compare
Between 1964 and 1984 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Marjorie went from #327 to #516 and Anna from #34 to #65.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #276 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marjorie

Marjorie at a glance

What stands out in Marjorie's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marjorie across 2 official records

Marjorie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marjorie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marjorie at a glance

What stands out in Marjorie's record

Marjorie across 2 official records

Marjorie by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Marjorie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Marjorie

Marjorie and the names beside it

Marjorie moved ahead of

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