Marian is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1924 and has since faded.
Marian is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,103 for girl births in the United States (and #2,102 across all names), given to 217 babies. Marian was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1924 (4,197 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 217 | 217 | #1,103 | — |
| 2024 | 209 | 209 | #1,154 | — |
| 2023 | 210 | 210 | #1,156 | — |
| 2022 | 214 | 214 | #1,141 | — |
| 2021 | 178 | 178 | #1,310 | #13,368 |
| 2020 | 170 | 170 | #1,347 | #11,488 |
| 2019 | 190 | 190 | #1,237 | — |
| 2018 | 197 | 197 | #1,205 | — |
| 2017 | 197 | 197 | #1,248 | #10,388 |
| 2016 | 212 | 212 | #1,216 | #8,572 |
| 2015 | 236 | 236 | #1,100 | — |
| 2014 | 191 | 191 | #1,264 | — |
| 2013 | 172 | 172 | #1,356 | — |
| 2012 | 185 | 185 | #1,289 | — |
| 2011 | 151 | 151 | #1,486 | — |
| 2010 | 210 | 210 | #1,159 | — |
| 2009 | 169 | 169 | #1,402 | — |
| 2008 | 201 | 208 | #1,284 | #10,617 |
| 2007 | 182 | 182 | #1,339 | — |
| 2006 | 202 | 202 | #1,202 | — |
| 2005 | 209 | 209 | #1,144 | #12,644 |
| 2004 | 208 | 208 | #1,101 | — |
| 2003 | 191 | 196 | #1,139 | — |
| 2002 | 198 | 205 | #1,075 | — |
| 2001 | 207 | 216 | #1,039 | — |
| 2000 | 315 | 327 | #735 | — |
| 1999 | 172 | 178 | #1,142 | — |
| 1998 | 131 | 143 | #1,378 | #9,213 |
| 1997 | 160 | — | #1,159 | — |
| 1996 | 164 | — | #1,146 | #9,971 |
| 1995 | 153 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1994 | 186 | — | #1,024 | #9,726 |
| 1993 | 176 | — | #1,074 | #8,293 |
| 1992 | 216 | — | #906 | — |
| 1991 | 237 | — | #864 | #9,101 |
| 1990 | 213 | — | #938 | #5,245 |
| 1989 | 201 | — | #932 | #6,004 |
| 1988 | 184 | — | #948 | #6,942 |
| 1987 | 179 | — | #927 | — |
| 1986 | 212 | — | #813 | #7,421 |
| 1985 | 201 | — | #813 | — |
| 1984 | 199 | — | #800 | — |
| 1983 | 186 | — | #850 | #5,953 |
| 1982 | 238 | — | #733 | #6,107 |
| 1981 | 205 | — | #792 | — |
| 1980 | 223 | — | #769 | #4,787 |
| 1979 | 189 | — | #828 | — |
| 1978 | 200 | — | #774 | — |
| 1977 | 216 | — | #747 | #3,511 |
| 1976 | 225 | — | #682 | #4,259 |
| 1975 | 212 | — | #715 | #5,989 |
| 1974 | 243 | — | #645 | #5,014 |
| 1973 | 265 | — | #595 | — |
| 1972 | 271 | — | #604 | #4,273 |
| 1971 | 323 | — | #564 | #3,837 |
| 1970 | 381 | — | #515 | — |
| 1969 | 351 | — | #533 | #3,483 |
| 1968 | 400 | — | #491 | #2,679 |
| 1967 | 488 | — | #429 | #3,145 |
| 1966 | 524 | — | #407 | #3,778 |
| 1965 | 599 | — | #373 | — |
| 1964 | 763 | — | #346 | #3,490 |
| 1963 | 860 | — | #323 | #3,535 |
| 1962 | 911 | — | #311 | #2,611 |
| 1961 | 912 | — | #304 | #3,905 |
| 1960 | 1,034 | — | #285 | #2,796 |
| 1959 | 1,075 | — | #269 | #3,856 |
| 1958 | 1,064 | — | #270 | #2,953 |
| 1957 | 1,352 | — | #227 | — |
| 1956 | 1,261 | — | #232 | #2,224 |
| 1955 | 1,515 | — | #208 | #2,022 |
| 1954 | 4,026 | — | #104 | #2,279 |
| 1953 | 1,373 | — | #217 | #3,307 |
| 1952 | 1,256 | — | #221 | #2,456 |
| 1951 | 1,245 | — | #220 | #2,792 |
| 1950 | 1,267 | — | #212 | #2,707 |
| 1949 | 1,363 | — | #199 | — |
| 1948 | 1,399 | — | #196 | #2,287 |
| 1947 | 1,615 | — | #179 | #2,797 |
| 1946 | 1,649 | — | #162 | — |
| 1945 | 1,456 | — | #163 | #2,341 |
| 1944 | 1,598 | — | #155 | #2,269 |
| 1943 | 1,801 | — | #149 | #2,872 |
| 1942 | 1,846 | — | #141 | #2,857 |
| 1941 | 1,689 | — | #142 | #2,285 |
| 1940 | 1,705 | — | #142 | #2,267 |
| 1939 | 1,857 | — | #130 | #1,611 |
| 1938 | 1,881 | — | #128 | #1,724 |
| 1937 | 1,923 | — | #129 | #1,614 |
| 1936 | 2,085 | — | #114 | #1,311 |
| 1935 | 2,292 | — | #105 | #1,316 |
| 1934 | 2,444 | — | #97 | #1,709 |
| 1933 | 2,657 | — | #89 | #1,621 |
| 1932 | 2,858 | — | #86 | #1,566 |
| 1931 | 2,901 | — | #84 | #1,092 |
| 1930 | 3,253 | — | #80 | #1,107 |
| 1929 | 3,478 | — | #75 | #1,286 |
| 1928 | 3,930 | — | #71 | #1,052 |
| 1927 | 3,749 | — | #74 | #1,427 |
| 1926 | 3,905 | — | #70 | #1,028 |
| 1925 | 4,006 | — | #67 | #1,440 |
| 1924 | 4,235 | — | #64 | #1,179 |
| 1923 | 4,063 | — | #65 | #1,249 |
| 1922 | 3,979 | — | #67 | #1,424 |
| 1921 | 4,096 | — | #69 | #1,313 |
| 1920 | 3,875 | — | #73 | #1,341 |
| 1919 | 3,298 | — | #82 | #1,151 |
| 1918 | 3,540 | — | #76 | #1,143 |
| 1917 | 3,296 | — | #74 | #1,285 |
| 1916 | 3,231 | — | #72 | #1,149 |
| 1915 | 2,637 | — | #86 | #1,361 |
| 1914 | 1,896 | — | #90 | #959 |
| 1913 | 1,469 | — | #93 | #1,296 |
| 1912 | 1,327 | — | #93 | #1,326 |
| 1911 | 895 | — | #105 | #1,096 |
| 1910 | 816 | — | #106 | #1,092 |
| 1909 | 646 | — | #114 | #1,617 |
| 1908 | 583 | — | #117 | #1,527 |
| 1907 | 566 | — | #119 | #911 |
| 1906 | 498 | — | #126 | — |
| 1905 | 460 | — | #136 | #1,357 |
| 1904 | 412 | — | #141 | #1,159 |
| 1903 | 360 | — | #147 | #1,240 |
| 1902 | 343 | — | #152 | #1,248 |
| 1901 | 304 | — | #159 | #825 |
| 1900 | 416 | — | #145 | #1,017 |
| 1899 | 342 | — | #138 | #1,006 |
| 1898 | 348 | — | #145 | #1,242 |
| 1897 | 309 | — | #149 | — |
| 1896 | 272 | — | #164 | #1,205 |
| 1895 | 265 | — | #161 | — |
| 1894 | 124 | — | #243 | — |
| 1893 | 140 | — | #218 | — |
| 1892 | 169 | — | #195 | #1,191 |
| 1891 | 108 | — | #233 | — |
| 1890 | 117 | — | #231 | #1,098 |
| 1889 | 90 | — | #245 | — |
| 1888 | 97 | — | #242 | #1,125 |
| 1887 | 85 | — | #227 | — |
| 1886 | 60 | — | #280 | #1,055 |
| 1885 | 69 | — | #252 | #1,032 |
| 1884 | 66 | — | #249 | #1,073 |
| 1883 | 47 | — | #267 | — |
| 1882 | 47 | — | #270 | #1,038 |
| 1881 | 45 | — | #261 | #835 |
| 1880 | 56 | — | #205 | — |