NameTides

Marian

Marian was the #1,102 girls' name in the US in 2025 (217 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Marian as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marian as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,102 (217)#2,605 (10)——#1,668 (14)
2024#1,152 (209)#4,844 (4)——#2,259 (9)
2023#1,154 (210)#4,057 (5)——#2,604 (7)
2022#1,138 (214)#2,889 (8)——#1,550 (14)
2021#1,304 (173)#3,961 (5)——#3,280 (5)
2020#1,343 (164)#3,117 (7)——#2,591 (7)
2019#1,233 (190)#4,001 (5)——#1,533 (15)
2018#1,204 (197)#2,499 (10)——#2,344 (8)
2017#1,248 (190)#4,763 (4)——#1,784 (12)
2016#1,214 (203)#3,609 (6)——#1,785 (12)
2015#1,095 (236)#3,252 (7)——#1,499 (15)
2014#1,261 (191)#2,203 (12)——#1,681 (13)
2013#1,351 (172)#3,160 (7)—#894 (3)#1,913 (11)
2012#1,288 (185)#3,681 (6)——#1,695 (13)
2011#1,480 (151)#2,893 (8)——#1,361 (17)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1928 at #71.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marian is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,900 to 1 in 7,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marian by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,405ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,035OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #1,168NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: #335NEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #818AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #973NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #633ALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #959FL
Marian (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Marian (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarianCanadaGirls#1,66814
MarianEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
MarianEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
MarianIrelandGirls—too few
MarianIrelandBoys—too few
MarianNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarianNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarianScotlandGirls—too few
MarianUSGirls#1,102217
MarianUSBoys—too few