Marja

Girl · recorded 1921–1999

  • 1999last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Marja.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1921

0152919211941196019801999

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 45 recorded years as a table
Marja, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19214
19434
19464
19484
19495
19504
19524
19533
19543
19554
19565
19574
19583
19594
19604
19616
19624
19635
19645
19654
19664
19674
19694
19704
19734
19755
197718
197829
197912
198011
19819
19828
19836
198411
19858
19863
19874
19884
19893
19903
19913
19925
19943
19973
19993

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marja isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1999
6
Rank in 1999
#12,688
How rare
1 in 295,637 girls
Since 1921
437

Marja was last recorded in 1999. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marja doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.