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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201951peak #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 1951

  • 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: #338 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,226 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedIDMontana: #186 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,017 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #264 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,550 girlsMNIllinois: #428 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 5,742 girlsILWisconsin: #291 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,575 girlsWIMichigan: #320 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 3,412 girlsMINew York: #471 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 6,238 girlsNYMassachusetts: #305 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,635 girlsMARhode 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: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedSDIowa: #380 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,907 girlsIAIndiana: #423 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,666 girlsINOhio: #596 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 11,418 girlsOHPennsylvania: #368 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsPANew Jersey: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,269 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #369 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,359 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedUTColorado: #291 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,229 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedNEMissouri: #383 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,572 girlsMOKentucky: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,654 girlsKYWest 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: #290 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,441 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedARTennessee: #506 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,584 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #552 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,423 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #479 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,688 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #349 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,081 girlsOKLouisiana: #516 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,906 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedALGeorgia: #384 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,901 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedHITexas: #561 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,665 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marilynn, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#186 · 1 in 1,017
  2. Minnesota#264 · 1 in 2,550
  3. Kansas#290 · 1 in 2,441
  4. Colorado#291 · 1 in 2,229
  5. Wisconsin#291 · 1 in 3,575

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#18661 in 1,017
Minnesota#264141 in 2,550
Kansas#29081 in 2,441
Colorado#29171 in 2,229
Wisconsin#291111 in 3,575
Massachusetts#305101 in 4,635
Michigan#320231 in 3,412
Washington#33881 in 3,226
Oklahoma#34971 in 3,081
Pennsylvania#368221 in 4,931
California#369361 in 3,359
Iowa#38061 in 4,907
Missouri#38391 in 4,572
Georgia#384111 in 3,901
Indiana#42381 in 5,666
Illinois#428161 in 5,742
Kentucky#44661 in 5,654
New York#471241 in 6,238
South Carolina#47951 in 5,688
New Jersey#50351 in 9,269
Tennessee#50651 in 7,584
Louisiana#51661 in 5,906
North Carolina#55261 in 8,423
Texas#561181 in 5,665
Ohio#59681 in 11,418
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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 1951

girls
#462
327 births · 1 in 5,507 girls

Top girls' names in 1951

  1. #1Linda73,982
  2. #2Mary65,721
  3. #3Patricia56,446
  4. #4Deborah42,053
  5. #5Barbara40,617
  6. #6Susan40,228
  7. #7Nancy30,346
  8. #8Karen27,998
  9. #9Sandra27,665
  10. #10Kathleen26,716
  11. #462Marilynn327
More about 1951

girls

1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 5,507 of them was named Marilynn, which outranked 92.6% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marilynn
  1. #458Robbie330
  2. #460Antonia329
  3. #461Ladonna328
  4. #462Marilynn327
  5. #463Gracie326
  6. #463Maryanne326
  7. #465Pat325
Biggest movers since 1950
Risers
  1. ↑ 345Rhona#1,333 → #988
  2. ↑ 307Bobbi#1,153 → #846
  3. ↑ 296Ricki#1,090 → #794
  4. ↑ 295Mindy#771 → #476
  5. ↑ 288Sharleen#1,053 → #765
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Sharman#668 → #1,063
  2. ↓ 343Manuela#773 → #1,116
  3. ↓ 294Allie#945 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 253Merrie#937 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 252Olive#891 → #1,143

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

See the top 100 for 1951 →