Marion

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A few things about Marion you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Marion

Marion Cotillard

French actress and model (born 1975)

Choose Marion and your child shares a first name with Marion Cotillard, a French actress and model. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Marion, like who?” Marion Cotillard's Wikipedia article is available in 92 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 17,271 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Marion, 93 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Marion would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMarion has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Marions, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1922, when it ranked #42. Today it's #2,036, so it could be due a comeback.
• 🍂TrendMarion has slipped 195 places over the last five years and now sits at #2,036. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedMarion is most popular in South Carolina, where it ranks #560, followed by Virginia (#573) and Minnesota (#835). It's in the top 1,000 in 3 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlMarion is given to both boys and girls: 63% of the 147 babies named Marion in 2025 were girls. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.

About the name Marion

Marion is a gender-neutral name of English, French and Hebrew origin. It has 6 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-ion”. US birth records list Marion for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1922, when it ranked #42 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,036, with 93 babies. Of the 147 US babies named Marion in 2025, 63% were girls and 37% were boys.

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