Marlon

Where Marlon comes from

The dictionaries list Marlon as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1924
    Marlon Brando born
    American actor
  3. 1972
    Marlon Wayans born
    American actor, screenwriter, and film producer
  4. 1972
    Peak, #217
    1,028 babies named Marlon — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #391.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Marlon Brando · American actor, 1924–2004
  • Marlon Wayans · American actor, screenwriter, and film producer, born 1972
  • Marlon Jackson · American singer and member of The Jackson 5, born 1957
  • Marlon Harewood · British footballer, born 1979
  • Marlon James · Jamaican novelist, born 1970

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.