Maralyn
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194
- Peak · girls
- 1938 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,319since 1917
Maralyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Maralyn has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
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| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
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| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
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| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
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| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 |
| 1976 | — | |
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| 1969 | #6,617 | 6 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,232 | 14 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 |
| 1954 | #2,378 | 21 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,885 | 27 |
| 1950 | #1,911 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,627 | 33 |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,532 | 33 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,272 | 39 |
| 1943 | #1,395 | 35 |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,062 | 46 |
| 1939 | #1,149 | 40 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 |
| 1937 | #1,048 | 46 |
| 1936 | #968 | 50 |
| 1935 | #1,135 | 38 |
| 1934 | #1,079 | 42 |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,314 | 31 |
| 1930 | #1,499 | 27 |
| 1929 | #1,244 | 36 |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 |
| 1925 | #1,272 | 38 |
| 1924 | #1,926 | 21 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,092 | 9 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Maralyn! It came in at #3,092, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Maralyn is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#290 · 1 in 3,097
- Ohio#501 · 1 in 9,380
- New York#659 · 1 in 16,380
Best ever in a state: #290 in Iowa, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #290 | 6 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Ohio | #501 | 5 | 1 in 9,380 |
| New York | #659 | 5 | 1 in 16,380 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Maralyn
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1938 (#1,048 → #875)
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1939 (#875 → #1,149)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1938 at #875 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1941, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1936–1938
- Highest: 1 in 17,242 girls born in 1938 were named Maralyn (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 320,916 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 31.5% of all girls named Maralyn (416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | #3,092 (1917) | #3,692 |
| 1920s | 227 | #1,244 (1929) | #1,998 |
| 1930s | 416 | #875 (1938) | #1,135 |
| 1940s | 333 | #1,062 (1940) | #1,516 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,885 (1951) | #2,848 |
| 1960s | 58 | #4,239 (1961) | #5,404 |
| 1970s | 11 | #8,444 (1977) | #9,327 |
| 1980s | 5 | #12,362 (1989) | #12,362 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,518 (1996) | #13,518 |
| 2000s | 23 | #9,476 (2008) | #13,652 |
| 2010s | 41 | #9,036 (2013) | #13,874 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,194 (2023) | #15,194 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Maralyn in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
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1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 20,808 of them was named Maralyn, which outranked 80.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #961Mitzi51
- #961Orpha51
- #961Prudence51
- #968Maralyn50
- #968Armida50
- #968Blanch50
- #968Dominga50
- #979Delora49
- #979Fanny49
- #979Holly49
Tied with 10 names at #968; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.