1920s spelling families

Counted together, the Katherine family spellings would rank #14 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Catherine, ranked #27 on its own.

Yearly data for the Katherine family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1920–1929

Year	Katherine	Catherine	Combined
1920	5,276	8,878	14,154
1921	5,156	8,887	14,043
1922	4,827	8,537	13,364
1923	4,579	8,437	13,016
1924	4,695	8,363	13,058
1925	4,240	7,867	12,107
1926	3,834	7,469	11,303
1927	3,724	7,256	10,980
1928	3,398	6,910	10,308
1929	3,016	6,277	9,293

Katherine family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1920s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Katherine	42,745	#63	35.1%
Catherine	78,881	#27	64.9%

Why these are grouped: Katherine and Catherine were established parallel spellings; this manually reviewed grouping shows their combined demographic footprint without implying personal interchangeability.

Counted together, the Marjorie family spellings would rank #19 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Marjorie, ranked #20 on its own.

Yearly data for the Marjorie family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1920–1929

Year	Marjorie	Margery	Combined
1920	8,658	534	9,192
1921	11,209	564	11,773
1922	10,385	511	10,896
1923	10,220	515	10,735
1924	10,069	515	10,584
1925	9,306	444	9,750
1926	8,640	439	9,079
1927	8,115	435	8,550
1928	7,632	400	8,032
1929	6,987	365	7,352

Marjorie family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1920s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Marjorie	91,221	#20	95.1%
Margery	4,722	#308	4.9%

Why these are grouped: Marjorie and Margery represent a manually reviewed spelling family whose use is split in conventional tables.

Counted together, the Marian family spellings would rank #19 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Marion, ranked #47 on its own.

Yearly data for the Marian family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1920–1929

Year	Marian	Marion	Combined
1920	3,845	5,745	9,590
1921	4,064	5,814	9,878
1922	3,951	5,667	9,618
1923	4,029	5,711	9,740
1924	4,197	6,047	10,244
1925	3,979	5,577	9,556
1926	3,859	5,353	9,212
1927	3,721	5,211	8,932
1928	3,886	5,420	9,306
1929	3,447	4,633	8,080

Marian family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1920s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Marian	38,978	#69	41.4%
Marion	55,178	#47	58.6%

Why these are grouped: Marian and Marion were both widely recorded for girls in the 1920s; they are grouped editorially as reviewed spelling variants, not as identical identities.

Counted together, the Kathryn family spellings would rank #80 in the decade's rankings for their sex. The most common spelling, Kathryn, ranked #83 on its own.

Yearly data for the Kathryn family family

Yearly SSA births by spelling variant, 1920–1929

Year	Kathryn	Cathryn	Combined
1920	4,082	118	4,200
1921	4,201	148	4,349
1922	3,792	128	3,920
1923	3,714	132	3,846
1924	3,598	135	3,733
1925	3,262	110	3,372
1926	3,094	114	3,208
1927	2,933	125	3,058
1928	2,681	80	2,761
1929	2,434	97	2,531

Kathryn family spelling variants, ranked separately and as a group

Variant	1920s births	Decade rank	Share of family
Kathryn	33,791	#83	96.6%
Cathryn	1,187	#668	3.4%

Why these are grouped: Kathryn and Cathryn were separately recorded variants whose conventional ranks divide the broader spelling pattern.