Marjorie
Marjorie around the world
One shared root links 17 names across 7 languages.
Shared root: from Greek margarites "pearl", by way of Latin Margarita
The constellation
13 more branches of this family
Marjorie in song
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Taylor Swift (2020)
A song for Swift's grandmother, the opera singer Marjorie Finlay, whose own recorded vocals drift through the track.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marjorie peaked in the 1900s and the 1920s in nearly equal measure.
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Popularity in Brazil
6,914 people · the #2,185 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 29,412 · median age 15
Among people named Marjorie living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 984 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Marjorie
Most people given the name Marjorie in the United States were born between 1940 and 1979. The Marjorie you meet today is most often in her 60s or 70s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Marjorie deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Marjorie truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Marjorie fits with your family’s names and surname.
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