Marj

Girls' name

Form of Marge

Marj has been given to 14 babies in the U.S. since 1961. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1961, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Marj, 1962

1 in 807,000

Marj over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marj: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Marge

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marj means

Marj is a form of Marge.

Origin, language, and formation

Marj is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marge.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Marj is pronounced /mɑɹd͡ʒ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14 girls were recorded with the name Marj between 1961 and 1962. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1961; its best national rank was #4,763 in 1961.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marj?

Marj had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1962, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1962: 1 in 807,000; 5 of 4,035,213 births
Among girls only: 1 in 393,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1962: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 559,400 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marj sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1962 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 559,400 children born in 1962 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marj. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marjs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marj was born before 1961 — so the typical Marj is around 64 today.

Median birth year: 1961; About 64 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 14; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (14).

Is Marj rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1961 (9)
Years since peak: 64; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,763; 1961

Spellings of Marj

Marj is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 58.6% against Marj's <0.01%.

Mary58.6%4,141,481
Maria8.0%566,111
Marie7.6%540,077
Sara6.2%436,193
Tara2.5%175,812
Maya1.7%123,587
Mae1.6%114,835
Kara1.4%101,743

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Marj by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,763; 1961
Peak year: 1961; 9 that year
First recorded: 1961
Last recorded: 1962
All-time count: 14
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Marj

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Maru Marz Mare Marvi Marx Marii Marsh Maray Marelys Marfa Marey Marim Marieth Maran Mariamu Marai Mars Maryel Marlan Marth Marbel Marliz Marnay Marziya

Sibling names for Marj

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Jeanetta Juli Carleen Juliann Danita Lorri Donita Jannette

For a brother

Toney Lenny Lindsay Tod Rod Curtiss Greggory Dino

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