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Marian

Girl's name · #1103 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Marian belongs to an older America first — it reached #64 back in 1924 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1103. About 142,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 17 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#213 in Mexico (2024) · #625 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,706 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,384 in Canada (2024).

Famous Marians

• Marian Anderson — African-American contralto (1897–1993)
• Marian Seldes — American stage, film, radio, and television actress (1928–2014)
• Marian Keyes — Irish writer
• Marian Rivera — Spanish-Filipino model and actress
• Marian McPartland — British pianist, composer, writer and radio host (1918–2013)

In stories & tradition

• Maid Marian — Robin Hood
• Marian — River City Girls 2 (video game)
• Marian Halcombe — The Woman in White (musical stage work)

What Marians become

Among 2,618 notable people named Marian:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.36× more often than among typical names — e.g. Marian Stamp Dawkins, British biologist.

Spellings & nicknames

About 70 girls a year are given Marnie as their full name.

Similar names: Maryann · Betty · Mariam · Sally · Ann · Mariel

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