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Marion
The name Marion carries the meaning "Star of the sea", with roots in French. It has not kept pace since its 1920s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The name's best year yet was 1924.
FrenchDiminutive of Marie
FrenchStar of the sea
Births by decade
1900s
13,680
1910s
48,130
1920s
71,213
1930s
41,422
1940s
28,157
1950s
19,140
1960s
10,551
1970s
5,225
1980s
3,410
1990s
2,489
2000s
2,491
2010s
1,790
Peaked in the 1920s · 247,698 total U.S. births since 1900