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Marian

Pronounced /ˈmɛəɹiən/

Rank in 2024
#1,150
Born in 2024
209
Peak year
1924 · #64
Origin
Hebrew

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 209 girls were named Marian, about 1 in every 7,719.
  • It peaked in 1924 with 4,197 babies, ranked #64.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 141,726 girls have been named Marian since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Marian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 2.8
    Greatest
  2. 2.0
    Silent
  3. 0.7
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0.1
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 57,926 babies, 2.83 per 1,000. Silent: 41,275 babies, 2.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 25,783 babies, 0.72 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,026 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,088 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,072 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,349 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

A variant of Marion, a medieval derivation of Mary, often also interpreted as a contraction of Mary and Ann, or as a variant of Mariana. ==== Proper noun ==== Marian A female given name from Hebrew. : Act III, Scene III: There's no more faith in thee than in a steward prune, nor no more truth in thee than in a drawn fox; and for womanhood, Maid Marian may be the deputy's wife of the ward to thee. ===== Related terms ===== Marianne ===== Translations =====

  • A female given name from Hebrew.
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
/ˈmɛəɹiən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Marian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyRising

    Maren

    Rank
    #569
    Born '24
    529
    Origin
    Danish
    1880peak 20212024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marion

    Rank
    #1,868
    Born '24
    107
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19242024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marin

    Rank
    #1,896
    Born '24
    105
    Origin
    Serbo-Croatian
    1880peak 20072024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Maryann

    Rank
    #2,217
    Born '24
    85
    Origin
    Hebrew
    1880peak 19432024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Maryn

    Rank
    #2,278
    Born '24
    81
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20072024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Mirian

    Rank
    #5,477
    Born '24
    23
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20032024