Marja
#11,940 most common girls' name of all time · #19,811 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1921–1999
Rank among girls
#11,940
Rank overall
#19,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1921
Years on the list
45 of 146
All-time
437
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #2,104
Best rank
#2,104 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 45/yr
Marja first appears in 1921. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,876 |
| 1997 | 6 | — | 6 | #12,261 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,677 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,861 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,721 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,596 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,644 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,538 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,981 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,767 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,433 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,209 |
| 1983 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,324 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1981 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,800 |
| 1980 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,197 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,942 |
| 1978 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,104 |
| 1977 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,941 |
| 1975 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,344 |
| 1973 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,639 |
| 1970 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,569 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,155 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | 6 | #6,280 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,465 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,487 |
| 1964 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,789 |
| 1963 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,382 |
| 1962 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,522 |
| 1961 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,900 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,602 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,812 |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,702 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,719 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,806 |
| 1955 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,572 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,444 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,329 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,316 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,549 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,773 |
| 1948 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,454 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,236 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,119 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,819 |