Marilyn
#760 for girls in 2025, 356 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #8,110
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 11,064 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 34 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 373,791since 1899
Marilyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #760 | 356 | — | |
| 2024 | #665 | 436 | — | |
| 2023 | #743 | 378 | — | |
| 2022 | #697 | 423 | — | |
| 2021 | #704 | 409 | — | |
| 2020 | #634 | 457 | — | |
| 2019 | #634 | 467 | — | |
| 2018 | #606 | 498 | — | |
| 2017 | #529 | 585 | — | |
| 2016 | #490 | 634 | — | |
| 2015 | #426 | 748 | — | |
| 2014 | #404 | 798 | — | |
| 2013 | #373 | 837 | — | |
| 2012 | #421 | 744 | — | |
| 2011 | #544 | 535 | — | |
| 2010 | #547 | 536 | — | |
| 2009 | #580 | 524 | — | |
| 2008 | #565 | 545 | — | |
| 2007 | #522 | 599 | — | |
| 2006 | #508 | 598 | — | |
| 2005 | #558 | 513 | — | |
| 2004 | #573 | 499 | — | |
| 2003 | #544 | 514 | — | |
| 2002 | #543 | 507 | — | |
| 2001 | #496 | 553 | — | |
| 2000 | #508 | 524 | — | |
| 1999 | #527 | 481 | — | |
| 1998 | #490 | 518 | — | |
| 1997 | #447 | 567 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #416 | 611 | — | |
| 1995 | #445 | 576 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #459 | 552 | — | |
| 1993 | #415 | 599 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #378 | 680 | — | |
| 1991 | #434 | 584 | — | |
| 1990 | #432 | 582 | — | |
| 1989 | #393 | 628 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #424 | 547 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #418 | 532 | — | |
| 1986 | #441 | 488 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #421 | 522 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #418 | 509 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #368 | 612 | — | |
| 1982 | #399 | 582 | — | |
| 1981 | #390 | 579 | — | |
| 1980 | #393 | 579 | — | |
| 1979 | #389 | 559 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #341 | 634 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #360 | 608 | — | |
| 1976 | #341 | 648 | — | |
| 1975 | #339 | 651 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #315 | 725 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #300 | 777 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #294 | 856 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #239 | 1,216 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #248 | 1,256 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #218 | 1,398 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #198 | 1,577 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #167 | 1,960 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #170 | 1,994 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #151 | 2,490 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #146 | 2,793 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #125 | 3,314 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #127 | 3,608 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #122 | 3,797 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #117 | 4,071 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | #109 | 4,343 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #96 | 4,948 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #82 | 5,743 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #70 | 6,926 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #49 | 8,409 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #35 | 10,814 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #36 | 10,742 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #38 | 9,803 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #41 | 9,148 | #1,683 | 20 |
| 1950 | #37 | 9,285 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1949 | #33 | 9,865 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #33 | 9,937 | #1,881 | 16 |
| 1947 | #29 | 11,881 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #29 | 10,711 | #1,557 | 21 |
| 1945 | #27 | 9,534 | #1,633 | 17 |
| 1944 | #27 | 9,738 | #1,438 | 22 |
| 1943 | #27 | 10,145 | #1,258 | 30 |
| 1942 | #27 | 9,906 | #1,228 | 32 |
| 1941 | #30 | 8,556 | #1,169 | 32 |
| 1940 | #25 | 8,704 | #1,007 | 41 |
| 1939 | #19 | 9,538 | #1,141 | 32 |
| 1938 | #19 | 9,745 | #1,076 | 36 |
| 1937 | #13 | 9,739 | #932 | 45 |
| 1936 | #13 | 11,064 | #1,028 | 38 |
| 1935 | #14 | 10,418 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1934 | #17 | 9,382 | #1,059 | 38 |
| 1933 | #16 | 9,126 | #1,361 | 24 |
| 1932 | #16 | 10,567 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #19 | 9,664 | #1,239 | 31 |
| 1930 | #22 | 9,288 | #1,330 | 29 |
| 1929 | #33 | 6,731 | #1,237 | 32 |
| 1928 | #38 | 6,066 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #46 | 5,554 | #1,692 | 21 |
| 1926 | #65 | 4,370 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #83 | 3,419 | — | |
| 1924 | #101 | 2,860 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #118 | 2,286 | — | |
| 1922 | #145 | 1,698 | #4,307 | 5 |
| 1921 | #253 | 696 | — | |
| 1920 | #288 | 522 | — | |
| 1919 | #313 | 404 | — | |
| 1918 | #421 | 245 | — | |
| 1917 | #520 | 164 | — | |
| 1916 | #552 | 146 | — | |
| 1915 | #629 | 109 | — | |
| 1914 | #671 | 75 | — | |
| 1913 | #678 | 58 | — | |
| 1912 | #668 | 56 | — | |
| 1911 | #777 | 31 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,030 | 18 | — | |
| 1909 | #890 | 21 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #923 | 17 | — | |
| 1906 | #742 | 24 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,076 | 11 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,106 | 12 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
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| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marilyn! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marilyn is popular in 1960
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Mississippi#48 · 1 in 213
- Arkansas#49 · 1 in 193
- Tennessee#61 · 1 in 256
- Oklahoma#61 · 1 in 272
- Louisiana#70 · 1 in 294
Best ever in a state: #3 in Utah, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #48 | 119 | 1 in 213 |
| Arkansas | #49 | 92 | 1 in 193 |
| Oklahoma | #61 | 77 | 1 in 272 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 142 | 1 in 256 |
| Louisiana | #70 | 132 | 1 in 294 |
| Kansas | #74 | 73 | 1 in 288 |
| Idaho | #75 | 24 | 1 in 268 |
| Alaska | #77 | 10 | 1 in 261 |
| Georgia | #80 | 120 | 1 in 371 |
| South Carolina | #80 | 73 | 1 in 357 |
| South Dakota | #81 | 22 | 1 in 322 |
| Alabama | #84 | 94 | 1 in 369 |
| Missouri | #87 | 117 | 1 in 383 |
| Kentucky | #90 | 79 | 1 in 405 |
| Florida | #91 | 138 | 1 in 364 |
| Utah | #94 | 30 | 1 in 356 |
| Hawaii | #95 | 18 | 1 in 334 |
| North Carolina | #95 | 110 | 1 in 441 |
| Colorado | #99 | 51 | 1 in 383 |
| Illinois | #103 | 249 | 1 in 432 |
| New Hampshire | #105 | 13 | 1 in 422 |
| Michigan | #106 | 193 | 1 in 458 |
| Ohio | #107 | 241 | 1 in 436 |
| Texas | #108 | 242 | 1 in 469 |
| New York | #111 | 336 | 1 in 499 |
| Rhode Island | #111 | 16 | 1 in 511 |
| North Dakota | #114 | 15 | 1 in 441 |
| Nevada | #115 | 6 | 1 in 388 |
| Indiana | #116 | 102 | 1 in 494 |
| Iowa | #119 | 57 | 1 in 494 |
| New Jersey | #119 | 106 | 1 in 545 |
| Wisconsin | #123 | 78 | 1 in 576 |
| Nebraska | #125 | 27 | 1 in 536 |
| Washington | #128 | 51 | 1 in 554 |
| West Virginia | #129 | 30 | 1 in 580 |
| New Mexico | #130 | 26 | 1 in 475 |
| Oregon | #133 | 31 | 1 in 522 |
| Minnesota | #134 | 66 | 1 in 587 |
| Massachusetts | #136 | 69 | 1 in 764 |
| Wyoming | #141 | 6 | 1 in 484 |
| California | #147 | 290 | 1 in 595 |
| Connecticut | #152 | 29 | 1 in 849 |
| Arizona | #155 | 27 | 1 in 560 |
| Vermont | #162 | 5 | 1 in 720 |
| Virginia | #165 | 48 | 1 in 829 |
| District of Columbia | #166 | 17 | 1 in 776 |
| Maine | #170 | 11 | 1 in 904 |
| Pennsylvania | #170 | 123 | 1 in 908 |
| Maryland | #188 | 28 | 1 in 1,077 |
| Montana | #199 | 8 | 1 in 836 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
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 Marilyn
- 95 spots since 2024 (#665 → #760)
- 126 spots since 2020 (#634 → #760)
- 334 spots since 2015 (#426 → #760)
- Biggest jump: 496 spots in 1906 (#1,238 → #742)
- Biggest drop: 181 spots in 1907 (#742 → #923)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1936 at #13 (11,064 births)
- Births halved by 1958, 22 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1925–1958
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1911–2025
- Highest: 1 in 94 girls born in 1936 were named Marilyn (1.1%)
- Latest: 1 in 4,515 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 26.5% of all girls named Marilyn (98,977) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,596 |
| 1900s | 132 | #742 (1906) | #1,096 |
| 1910s | 1,306 | #313 (1919) | #626 |
| 1920s | 34,202 | #33 (1929) | #117 |
| 1930s | 98,531 | #13 (1936) | #17 |
| 1940s | 98,977 | #25 (1940) | #29 |
| 1950s | 80,161 | #35 (1954) | #59 |
| 1960s | 27,002 | #117 (1960) | #154 |
| 1970s | 7,930 | #239 (1971) | #317 |
| 1980s | 5,578 | #368 (1983) | #407 |
| 1990s | 5,750 | #378 (1992) | #444 |
| 2000s | 5,376 | #496 (2001) | #540 |
| 2010s | 6,382 | #373 (2013) | #497 |
| 2020s | 2,459 | #634 (2020) | #701 |
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.
Marilyn in 1960
Top girls' names in 1960
Top boys' names in 1960
More about 1960
girls
2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 497 of them was named Marilyn, which outranked 98.4% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,132,320 boys got a published name in 1960; 1 in 236,924 of them was named Marilyn, which outranked 37.6% of the 4,598 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,685York10
- #2,685Zan10
- #2,685Zeke10
- #2,871Marilyn9
- #2,871Able9
- #2,871Adelbert9
- #2,871Adell9
- #3,077Adrien8
- #3,077Agustine8
- #3,077Aidan8
Tied with 205 names at #2,871; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.