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“Pearl” — Greek, via Latin and Old French (from Margaret) origin
Girl's name · #1019 in the US (2025) · Heirloom
Marjorie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1921, when it ranked #16. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 274,000 girls since 1880, ranked #1019 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Marjie is a short form of Marjorie. Earlier generations knew Marge — the standard of the 1920s.
Around the world: about 1 in 10,000 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 22 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 700 notable people named Marjorie:
Artists & writers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marjorie Boulton, British writer (1924–2017).
Similar names: Rita · Marian · Kori · Irene · Marcella · Martina
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