Marlon
Last seen for girls in 2000 at #13,154 · #1,097 for boys in 2025, 195 births
Given to boys 98.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1972 · 1,028 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 30,956since 1914
Marlon over time
Rank among boys' names. Marlon has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,097 | 195 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,082 | 201 | |
| 2023 | — | #940 | 240 | |
| 2022 | — | #992 | 226 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,030 | 213 | |
| 2020 | — | #982 | 217 | |
| 2019 | — | #855 | 260 | |
| 2018 | — | #846 | 262 | |
| 2017 | — | #792 | 291 | |
| 2016 | — | #809 | 284 | |
| 2015 | — | #817 | 277 | |
| 2014 | — | #743 | 319 | |
| 2013 | — | #717 | 327 | |
| 2012 | — | #695 | 340 | |
| 2011 | — | #638 | 367 | |
| 2010 | — | #606 | 411 | |
| 2009 | — | #649 | 382 | |
| 2008 | — | #568 | 455 | |
| 2007 | — | #551 | 467 | |
| 2006 | — | #509 | 509 | |
| 2005 | — | #514 | 479 | |
| 2004 | — | #521 | 460 | |
| 2003 | — | #519 | 462 | |
| 2002 | — | #510 | 447 | |
| 2001 | — | #501 | 454 | |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 | #507 | 452 |
| 1999 | — | #497 | 437 | |
| 1998 | — | #492 | 442 | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #462 | 479 |
| 1996 | — | #469 | 466 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #487 | 444 |
| 1994 | — | #479 | 445 | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #482 | 436 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 | #475 | 452 |
| 1991 | — | #449 | 481 | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | #457 | 469 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #463 | 413 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #406 | 488 |
| 1987 | — | #431 | 415 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #432 | 402 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #361 | 509 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #370 | 476 |
| 1983 | — | #407 | 401 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #378 | 457 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #391 | 429 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #343 | 538 |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | #319 | 591 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #330 | 530 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #297 | 651 |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | #263 | 743 |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #297 | 639 |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | #256 | 756 |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | #233 | 904 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #217 | 1,028 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #276 | 766 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #378 | 458 |
| 1969 | — | #512 | 231 | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #493 | 235 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #430 | 311 |
| 1966 | — | #476 | 259 | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | #480 | 261 |
| 1964 | — | #482 | 267 | |
| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 | #428 | 350 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #468 | 290 |
| 1961 | — | #465 | 303 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #462 | 296 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #477 | 269 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #424 | 345 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #450 | 293 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #395 | 365 |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | #344 | 449 |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | #509 | 203 |
| 1953 | — | #774 | 84 | |
| 1952 | — | #709 | 98 | |
| 1951 | — | #847 | 68 | |
| 1950 | — | #960 | 52 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,185 | 36 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,400 | 27 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,299 | 29 | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #1,204 | 30 |
| 1944 | — | #1,438 | 22 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,258 | 30 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,074 | 40 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,019 | 40 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,573 | 19 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,323 | 25 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,521 | 20 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,344 | 25 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,271 | 27 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,194 | 31 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,559 | 22 |
| 1929 | — | #1,339 | 28 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,480 | 25 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,692 | 21 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,981 | 16 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,679 | 21 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,628 | 23 | |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Marlon! It came in at #3,264, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marlon is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#246 · 1 in 2,153
- Maryland#281 · 1 in 3,439
- Louisiana#299 · 1 in 2,152
- Alabama#319 · 1 in 2,952
- North Carolina#345 · 1 in 3,796
Best ever in a state: #86 in District of Columbia, 1973.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #246 | 6 | 1 in 2,153 |
| Maryland | #281 | 9 | 1 in 3,439 |
| Louisiana | #299 | 17 | 1 in 2,152 |
| Alabama | #319 | 11 | 1 in 2,952 |
| North Carolina | #345 | 12 | 1 in 3,796 |
| Mississippi | #355 | 7 | 1 in 3,212 |
| Missouri | #363 | 8 | 1 in 4,976 |
| Tennessee | #369 | 7 | 1 in 4,996 |
| Florida | #374 | 13 | 1 in 3,810 |
| Georgia | #383 | 11 | 1 in 4,061 |
| Illinois | #397 | 18 | 1 in 5,488 |
| Pennsylvania | #411 | 11 | 1 in 9,129 |
| California | #441 | 32 | 1 in 5,465 |
| Indiana | #455 | 5 | 1 in 9,451 |
| Michigan | #462 | 8 | 1 in 9,975 |
| Ohio | #557 | 6 | 1 in 15,701 |
| New York | #560 | 14 | 1 in 11,677 |
| Texas | #600 | 13 | 1 in 7,975 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Marlon
- 15 spots since 2024 (#1,082 → #1,097)
- 115 spots since 2020 (#982 → #1,097)
- 280 spots since 2015 (#817 → #1,097)
- Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1954 (#774 → #509)
- Biggest drop: 142 spots in 2024 (#940 → #1,082)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1972 at #217 (1,028 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 73 yrs · run 1950–2020
- Highest: 1 in 1,577 boys born in 1972 were named Marlon (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,759 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 22.8% of all boys named Marlon (7,066) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | #2,423 (1917) | #2,822 |
| 1920s | 195 | #1,339 (1929) | #1,869 |
| 1930s | 245 | #1,194 (1935) | #1,388 |
| 1940s | 303 | #1,019 (1941) | #1,279 |
| 1950s | 2,226 | #344 (1955) | #589 |
| 1960s | 2,803 | #428 (1963) | #470 |
| 1970s | 7,066 | #217 (1972) | #287 |
| 1980s | 4,528 | #343 (1980) | #398 |
| 1990s | 4,551 | #449 (1991) | #475 |
| 2000s | 4,567 | #501 (2001) | #535 |
| 2010s | 3,138 | #606 (2010) | #752 |
| 2020s | 1,292 | #940 (2023) | #1,021 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marlon in 1965
Top girls' names in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
girls
1,765,164 girls got a published name in 1965; 1 in 294,194 of them was named Marlon, which outranked 22.8% of the 7,535 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,289Zabrina7
- #5,289Zan7
- #5,289Zetta7
- #5,817Marlon6
- #5,817Adra6
- #5,817Adrain6
- #5,817Aime6
- #6,539Abbigail5
- #6,539Abelina5
- #6,539Adilia5
Tied with 721 names at #5,817; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 7,127 of them was named Marlon, which outranked 89.2% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.