Marjo
Marjo is a name with multiple cultural origins: Finnish, Dutch.
- Finnish
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Marjo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marjo is a name with multiple cultural origins: Finnish, Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Dutch
The Story of Marjo
American parents first put Marjo on the record books as a baby girl name in 1935, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1939, when 35 Marjos were born — ranking #1,240 that year. About 35% of every Marjo on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Marjo last appeared in the published SSA data in 1969, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 201 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marjo
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About the name Marjo
Marjo is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 201 births in the dataset. Marjo's peak popularity came in 1939 when it ranked #1,240. Use the chart and map above to compare Marjo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.