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How popular is the name Marion?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marions are alive today.
Marion (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 7 in 2025, ranked 3333rd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1934, when around 1,200 babies were given the name, the 34th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 1954, with around 1,200 babies given the name that year. It has declined since 1934; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 78,000 babies have been named Marion in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Marion is one spelling of a name also recorded as Marian; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marion you are most likely to meet is around 72 years old. Half of all Marions born in England and Wales are between 57 and 80, and there are at least 42,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 12% chance that at least one of them will be called Marion.
How many babies are named Marion each year?
Includes all spellings: Marion, Marian. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Marion spelling rank?
Where does the Marian spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marion most popular?
Marion peaked in 1934, when around 1,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Marion?
At least 42,000 people named Marion in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marion?
Most living Marions are between 57 and 80; the most common age is about 72.
Is Marion becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.