Marjorie is a medieval English form of Margaret, from the Greek margarites, meaning "pearl"; its spelling was shaped by the herb marjoram. It was hugely popular in the 1920s and belongs to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, author of The Yearling. In the United States Marjorie reentered the top 1000 in 2013, peaked at number 724 in 2014, slipped out again in 2018, bounced back to number 822 in 2024 and ranks number 1019 in 2025.