Marjon
Marjon is a given name which may refer to:MarJon Beauchamp, American basketball player Marjon Kamara, Liberian diplomat and politician Marjon Lambriks, Dutch soprano Marjon van Royen, Dutch journalist Marjon Strijk, Dutch classical soprano Marjon Wijnsma, Dutch retired heptathlete and long jumper
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Marjon
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marjon is a given name which may refer to:MarJon Beauchamp, American basketball player Marjon Kamara, Liberian diplomat and politician Marjon Lambriks, Dutch soprano Marjon van Royen, Dutch journalist Marjon Strijk, Dutch classical soprano Marjon Wijnsma, Dutch retired heptathlete and long jumper
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Dutch
The Story of Marjon
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Marjon as a girl name dates back to 1977, when 5 babies received it. 1988 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Marjon — #7,692 in the national rankings. About 53% of every Marjon on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Marjon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2002, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Marjon first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 2001, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 5 births, good for #10,556 nationwide. Marjon last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marjon
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About the name Marjon
Marjon is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1977 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Marjon's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #7,692. Use the chart and map above to compare Marjon'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 .
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