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Its wave through time A fashion of the 1930s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1969 per million babies of that sex 2,678 babies given this name since 1913 At its height in 1936, about 1 in 23,100 girls Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020 Names worth a look Marion Girl A medieval French pet form of Marie, with the diminutive ending -on. Middle Ages · peak 1917 Maureen Girl An anglicized form of Irish Máirín, a diminutive of Máire (Mary). Modern · peak 1948 · forgotten Miranda Girl Created by Shakespeare in The Tempest, from Latin mirandus 'to be wondered at'. Victorian · peak 1995 Marianne Girl A French combination of Marie and Anne, partly also from Mariamne, an old Greek form of Hebrew Miryam. Revolutions · peak 1957 Myron Boy From Greek myron 'perfumed oil, myrrh'. Greece · peak 1930 · forgotten Mariana Girl Feminine of Marianus, derived from Marius; later understood as an adjective of Maria, and sometimes as Maria plus Anna. Rome · peak 2005 Marina Girl From the Roman name Marinus, probably a derivative of the family name Marius; it was early associated with Latin… Rome · peak 1994 Myrna Girl Probably an anglicized form of Irish Muirne, connected with muirn 'affection, high spirits'; the evidence is thin. Modern · peak 1938 · forgotten Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.