According to the Social Security Administration’s latest data, Marjorie is one of the fastest-rising name for baby girls in the United States. The name jumped up 429 spots on the official popularity list from No. 1,251 in 2023 to No. 822 in 2024 ― making it the name with the third-biggest increase on the girls’ list.

“We often talk about the ‘100-Year Rule’ in naming, meaning that it takes about a century for a name to go from stylish to out-of-favour to fresh again,” Abby Sandel, the creator of the baby name blog Appellation Mountain, told HuffPost. “In that sense, a revival of the name Marjorie is right on time.”

Indeed, Marjorie peaked just over 100 years ago as the 16th most popular name for girls in the U.S. between 1921 and 1923. It sat in the Top 100 names from 1904 until the 1940s. The name eventually dropped off the Top 1,000 list in 1995 and then reappeared briefly from 2013 to 2017 before falling off again.

“Marjorie’s recent rise can be attributed to a couple of factors,” said Sophie Kihm, the editor-in-chief of Nameberry. “It has a sweet, vintage image and a bright, bouncy rhythm, much like Josephine, Eloise and Penelope, though Marjorie is much less common. Parents may be using it as an alternative to these more saturated names.”

She added that many new parents of today might choose the name to honor grandmothers named Marjorie.

There are also sonic factors at play. Sandel pointed to Americans’ long love for three-syllable names that end with an ‘ee’ sound for........

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