Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marjory through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,172
- 0 boys · 8,172 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 294 babies
- 2025
- 14
- #7,745 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −4%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,745 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 4.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 294 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,473 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marjory’s family of names
Marjory has a related form in Marjorie. In English usage, Marjory has a related form in Margery. In English usage, Marjory has a conventional equivalent in the German form Margarete.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Marjory
- Marjory Stoneman DouglasAmerican activist, journalist and writer (1890–1998)
- Marjory StephensonBritish biochemist (1885–1948)
- Marjory WardropEnglish historian, translator, writer1869–1909
- Marjory NyaumweZimbabwean association football playerborn 1987
- Marjory GordonAmerican nurse and theorist1931–2015
- Marjory SaundersCanadian archer (1913–2010)
- Marjory Kennedy-FraserBritish singer (1857-1930)
- Marjory CollinsAmerican photographer (1912-1985)
- Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of HurtwoodBritish landscape architect1897–1976
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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