Meaning and history
A medieval variant of Margery, itself derived from Margaret ("pearl") and influenced by the herb marjoram. Aviator Marjorie Stinson (1895-1975), one of the earliest licensed female pilots in the United States, is a notable bearer of the more common Marjorie spelling.
20062006: 10 births, rank #10,611
2007: 9 births, rank #11,630
2008: 9 births, rank #11,599
2009: 6 births, rank #15,242
2010: 11 births, rank #9,790
20112011: 5 births, rank #16,764
2012: 6 births, rank #14,962
2013: 14 births, rank #8,135
2014: 13 births, rank #8,485
2015: 5 births, rank #16,419
20162016: 8 births, rank #11,781
2017: 11 births, rank #9,341
2018: 9 births, rank #10,545
2019: 9 births, rank #10,473
2020: 9 births, rank #10,250
20212021: 7 births, rank #12,206
2022: 6 births, rank #13,592
2023: 6 births, rank #13,462
2024: 11 births, rank #8,946
20252025: 14 births, rank #7,491
Marjory moved from #939 to #966 for girls between 1949 and 1950. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 294 births.