Marilynn

#3,645 for girls in 2025, 41 births

Peak · girls
1944 · 392 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,282
since 1914

Marilynn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marilynn has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #348, 1944girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,64541
2024#3,27748
2023#3,47645
2022#3,07353
2021#3,67841
2020#3,01553
2019#2,89157
2018#3,73940
2017#2,54669
2016#2,69764
2015#2,68566
2014#2,23684
2013#2,87059
2012#3,09454
2011#3,99937
2010#4,39733
2009#5,70924
2008#4,55033
2007#4,56732
2006#5,23326
2005#4,95826
2004#4,17233
2003#5,23523
2002#4,38128
2001#6,06718
2000#5,93718
1999#4,71823
1998#3,64832
1997#3,03639
1996#2,84942
1995#3,08737
1994#2,75244
1993#2,67645
1992#2,51350
1991#3,36932
1990#2,85040
1989#2,52745
1988#2,29548
1987#2,91533
1986#2,68236
1985#3,85221
1984#3,61322
1983#3,15126
1982#3,53023
1981#3,62522
1980#3,31825
1979#3,66821
1978#4,45915
1977#2,12444
1976#2,29236
1975#2,68028
1974#2,75726
1973#2,01940
1972#1,65554
1971#1,87746
1970#1,93144
1969#1,89743
1968#1,60751
1967#1,94736
1966#1,66945
1965#1,44858
1964#1,53255
1963#1,43560
1962#1,22082
1961#1,014114
1960#1,029109
1959#724193
1958#732182
1957#631238
1956#602250
1955#561263
1954#553260
1953#508288
1952#458341
1951#462327
1950#409381
1949#422346
1948#431340
1947#401407
1946#399364
1945#415299
1944#348392
1943#382361
1942#359381
1941#355348
1940#356331
1939#389290
1938#376309
1937#394271
1936#373289
1935#394266
1934#419245
1933#426228
1932#496177
1931#532154
1930#606130
1929#612125
1928#695101
1927#552164
1926#573154
1925#639130
1924#497199
1923#433243
1922#388283
1921#657125
1920#73297
1919#81474
1918#94857
1917#1,33730
1916#1,63022
1915#1,52323
1914#2,8767
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five girls were named Marilynn! It came in at #2,876, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1914, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.

Where Marilynn is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNHWashington: #221 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,801 girlsWAIdaho: #175 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 820 girlsIDMontana: #158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 829 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #225 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,933 girlsMNIllinois: #181 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 1,279 girlsILWisconsin: #189 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,567 girlsWIMichigan: #157 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 1,092 girlsMINew York: #333 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,704 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #173 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 943 girlsSDIowa: #331 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,815 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedINOhio: #319 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,877 girlsOHPennsylvania: #406 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,024 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #239 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,573 girlsCAUtah: #174 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 793 girlsUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedCONebraska: #231 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,815 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#157 · 1 in 1,092
  2. Montana#158 · 1 in 829
  3. South Dakota#173 · 1 in 943
  4. Utah#174 · 1 in 793
  5. Idaho#175 · 1 in 820

Best ever in a state: #123 in Montana, 1947.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Michigan#157381 in 1,092
Montana#15851 in 829
South Dakota#17351 in 943
Utah#17461 in 793
Idaho#17551 in 820
Illinois#181421 in 1,279
Wisconsin#189151 in 1,567
Washington#22161 in 1,801
Minnesota#225111 in 1,933
Nebraska#23151 in 1,815
California#239291 in 1,573
Ohio#319131 in 3,877
Iowa#33151 in 3,815
New York#333231 in 3,704
Pennsylvania#406121 in 6,024
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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 Marilynn
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 368 spots since 2024 (#3,277 → #3,645)
  • 630 spots since 2020 (#3,015 → #3,645)
  • 960 spots since 2015 (#2,685 → #3,645)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1918 (#1,337 → #948)
  • Biggest drop: 305 spots in 1960 (#724 → #1,029)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1944 at #348 (392 births)
  • Births halved by 1958, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 42 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 42 yrs · run 1918–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,386
  • Highest: 1 in 3,386 girls born in 1944 were named Marilynn (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 39,202 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Marilynn (3,569) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s213#814 (1919)#1,521
1920s1,621#388 (1922)#578
1930s2,359#373 (1936)#441
1940s3,569#348 (1944)#387
1950s2,723#409 (1950)#564
1960s653#1,014 (1961)#1,480
1970s354#1,655 (1972)#2,546
1980s301#2,295 (1988)#3,151
1990s384#2,513 (1992)#3,150
2000s261#4,172 (2004)#5,081
2010s563#2,236 (2014)#3,115
2020s281#3,015 (2020)#3,361

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.

Marilynn in 1939

girls
#389
290 births · 1 in 3,781 girls

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #389Marilynn290
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 3,781 of them was named Marilynn, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marilynn
  1. #386Elnora293
  2. #386Johanna293
  3. #386Tommie293
  4. #389Marilynn290
  5. #390Cheryl289
  6. #390Corinne289
  7. #392Alta288
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1939 →