How popular is “Marian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marian” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marian” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marian” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marian” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marian” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marian” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	56	0.000277938	56		100%
1881	45	0.000233538	39	6	73%
1882	47	0.000212158	42	5	79%
1883	47	0.000216644	47		100%
1884	66	0.000271091	61	5	85%
1885	69	0.000286481	64	5	86%
1886	60	0.000235003	55	5	83%
1887	85	0.000343584	85		100%
1888	97	0.000323901	92	5	90%
1889	90	0.000311477	90		100%
1890	117	0.000388187	112	5	91%
1891	108	0.000376736	108		100%
1892	169	0.000505422	164	5	94%
1893	140	0.000430474	140		100%
1894	124	0.000366116	124		100%
1895	265	0.000754943	265		100%
1896	272	0.000760873	267	5	96%
1897	309	0.0008906	309		100%
1898	348	0.000912296	343	5	97%
1899	342	0.001008154	336	6	96%
1900	416	0.000923915	408	8	96%
1901	304	0.00087909	296	8	95%
1902	343	0.000886917	338	5	97%
1903	360	0.000944386	355	5	97%
1904	412	0.001021104	406	6	97%
1905	460	0.001085105	455	5	98%
1906	498	0.001162327	498		100%
1907	566	0.001216184	556	10	96%
1908	583	0.001193085	578	5	98%
1909	646	0.001263634	641	5	98%
1910	816	0.001381386	806	10	98%
1911	895	0.001389152	884	11	98%
1912	1327	0.001343033	1313	14	98%
1913	1469	0.001291872	1452	17	98%
1914	1896	0.001338658	1862	34	96%
1915	2637	0.001439076	2612	25	98%
1916	3231	0.001670271	3198	33	98%
1917	3296	0.001642457	3267	29	98%
1918	3540	0.001630502	3503	37	98%
1919	3298	0.001562852	3261	37	98%
1920	3875	0.001712599	3845	30	98%
1921	4096	0.001754548	4064	32	98%
1922	3979	0.001738195	3951	28	99%
1923	4063	0.001764618	4029	34	98%
1924	4235	0.001778209	4197	38	98%
1925	4006	0.00171688	3979	27	99%
1926	3905	0.001700854	3859	46	98%
1927	3749	0.001616396	3721	28	99%
1928	3930	0.001738217	3886	44	98%
1929	3478	0.001586562	3447	31	98%
1930	3252	0.001462698	3212	40	98%
1931	2901	0.001378548	2862	39	97%
1932	2858	0.001353674	2837	21	99%
1933	2657	0.001328867	2638	19	99%
1934	2444	0.001176801	2426	18	99%
1935	2292	0.001096703	2265	27	98%
1936	2085	0.001003572	2059	26	98%
1937	1923	0.000902533	1904	19	98%
1938	1881	0.000850141	1864	17	98%
1939	1857	0.000842772	1839	18	98%
1940	1705	0.00074044	1694	11	99%
1941	1689	0.000693229	1678	11	99%
1942	1846	0.00067574	1838	8	99%
1943	1801	0.000638073	1793	8	99%
1944	1598	0.000594035	1587	11	99%
1945	1456	0.000548831	1446	10	99%
1946	1649	0.000516069	1649		100%
1947	1615	0.000448322	1606	9	99%
1948	1399	0.000405211	1387	12	98%
1949	1363	0.00039113	1363		100%
1950	1267	0.000361653	1258	9	99%
1951	1245	0.000337972	1236	9	99%
1952	1256	0.0003307	1245	11	98%
1953	1373	0.000356286	1366	7	99%
1954	4026	0.001011378	4013	13	99%
1955	1515	0.000377327	1499	16	98%
1956	1261	0.000305843	1247	14	98%
1957	1352	0.000321741	1352		100%
1958	1064	0.000257384	1055	9	98%
1959	1075	0.000258538	1069	6	99%
1960	1033	0.000248687	1023	10	98%
1961	912	0.000220167	906	6	99%
1962	911	0.000225754	900	11	98%
1963	860	0.00021727	853	7	98%
1964	763	0.000196265	756	7	98%
1965	600	0.000165497	600		100%
1966	524	0.000150763	518	6	98%
1967	488	0.000143745	480	8	97%
1968	400	0.000118399	389	11	94%
1969	351	0.000100998	343	8	95%
1970	381	0.000105642	381		100%
1971	323	0.000094104	315	8	95%
1972	271	0.000086224	264	7	95%
1973	265	0.000087839	265		100%
1974	244	0.000080263	238	6	95%
1975	211	0.000069882	206	5	95%
1976	226	0.000074482	218	8	93%
1977	216	0.000067999	205	11	90%
1978	200	0.000063015	200		100%
1979	189	0.000056808	189		100%
1980	223	0.000064741	215	8	93%
1981	205	0.000059259	205		100%
1982	238	0.000067846	232	6	95%
1983	186	0.000053705	180	6	94%
1984	199	0.00005704	199		100%
1985	201	0.000056317	201		100%
1986	212	0.000059599	207	5	95%
1987	179	0.000049645	179		100%
1988	184	0.000049796	178	6	93%
1989	201	0.000052283	193	8	92%
1990	213	0.00005389	203	10	91%
1991	237	0.000060843	232	5	96%
1992	216	0.000056231	216		100%
1993	176	0.000046681	170	6	93%
1994	186	0.000050032	181	5	95%
1995	153	0.000041779	153		100%
1996	164	0.000044966	159	5	94%
1997	160	0.000044129	160		100%
1998	131	0.000035615	125	6	91%
1999	171	0.000046293	171		100%
2000	315	0.000083335	315		100%
2001	207	0.000055297	207		100%
2002	198	0.000052965	198		100%
2003	191	0.000050233	191		100%
2004	208	0.000054437	208		100%
2005	209	0.000054358	204	5	95%
2006	202	0.000051059	202		100%
2007	182	0.000045526	182		100%
2008	201	0.000051136	194	7	93%
2009	169	0.000044239	169		100%
2010	210	0.000056822	210		100%
2011	151	0.000041282	151		100%
2012	185	0.000050583	185		100%
2013	172	0.000047179	172		100%
2014	191	0.000051533	191		100%
2015	236	0.000063768	236		100%
2016	212	0.000057786	203	9	92%
2017	197	0.000055086	190	7	93%
2018	197	0.000056031	197		100%
2019	190	0.00005474	190		100%
2020	170	0.000050889	164	6	93%
2021	178	0.000052539	173	5	94%
2022	214	0.000063255	214		100%
2023	210	0.000063421	210		100%
2024	209	0.000062791	209		100%

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