Marlyn
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 74.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 193 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 6,806since 1915
Marlyn over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | #5,554 | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,793 | 21 | — | |
| 2021 | #5,237 | 24 | — | |
| 2020 | #4,453 | 30 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #5,619 | 22 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #3,923 | 38 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #2,888 | 59 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,706 | 64 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,286 | 82 | #6,626 | 12 |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,841 | 61 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,548 | 73 | #8,310 | 9 |
| 2008 | #3,120 | 54 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,433 | 77 | #8,173 | 9 |
| 2006 | #2,555 | 71 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #2,580 | 66 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #2,370 | 72 | #8,143 | 8 |
| 2003 | #2,577 | 62 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,974 | 47 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #2,812 | 48 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #2,398 | 58 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,945 | 74 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,229 | 60 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,155 | 62 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,188 | 61 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,195 | 60 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #1,818 | 78 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #2,053 | 65 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #2,169 | 56 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #1,918 | 59 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #2,025 | 53 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #2,581 | 36 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #3,436 | 24 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #2,603 | 36 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,083 | 25 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,095 | 23 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,689 | 26 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #1,754 | 51 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #2,017 | 41 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 | #2,627 | 10 |
| 1965 | #1,854 | 38 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #1,610 | 50 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #1,449 | 59 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,525 | 54 | #2,279 | 13 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #1,407 | 58 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #1,703 | 40 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #1,550 | 48 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,204 | 75 | #1,886 | 18 |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | #1,458 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,140 | 75 | #1,559 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #1,096 | 74 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,068 | 75 | #1,553 | 23 |
| 1950 | #959 | 88 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,104 | 67 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,001 | 76 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #848 | 107 | #1,363 | 29 |
| 1946 | #786 | 109 | #1,060 | 42 |
| 1945 | #850 | 78 | #995 | 41 |
| 1944 | #718 | 110 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #646 | 138 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1942 | #656 | 130 | #1,036 | 42 |
| 1941 | #674 | 109 | #1,066 | 37 |
| 1940 | #588 | 140 | #850 | 55 |
| 1939 | #614 | 121 | #726 | 68 |
| 1938 | #541 | 158 | #660 | 82 |
| 1937 | #483 | 183 | #656 | 82 |
| 1936 | #462 | 193 | #669 | 78 |
| 1935 | #469 | 184 | #598 | 94 |
| 1934 | #536 | 146 | #657 | 84 |
| 1933 | #510 | 156 | #624 | 86 |
| 1932 | #564 | 134 | #697 | 78 |
| 1931 | #578 | 130 | #638 | 86 |
| 1930 | #749 | 87 | #692 | 81 |
| 1929 | #798 | 78 | #781 | 68 |
| 1928 | #816 | 78 | #883 | 57 |
| 1927 | #955 | 63 | #964 | 52 |
| 1926 | #814 | 80 | #855 | 60 |
| 1925 | #923 | 65 | #973 | 49 |
| 1924 | #1,151 | 46 | #993 | 50 |
| 1923 | #1,111 | 47 | #1,235 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #1,084 | 42 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #1,642 | 22 |
| 1919 | #2,156 | 16 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 | #1,782 | 16 |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marlyn! It came in at #2,526, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1917, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlyn is popular in 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#591 · 1 in 8,389
- Illinois#1,047 · 1 in 21,325
- California#1,600 · 1 in 35,025
Best ever in a state: #156 in Maryland, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #591 | 7 | 1 in 8,389 |
| Illinois | #1,047 | 5 | 1 in 21,325 |
| California | #1,600 | 5 | 1 in 35,025 |
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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 Marlyn
- 613 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #5,554)
- 1,101 spots since 2020 (#4,453 → #5,554)
- 1,904 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #5,554)
- Biggest jump: 228 spots in 1925 (#1,151 → #923)
- Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1948 (#848 → #1,001)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1936 at #462 (193 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1925–1947
- Highest: 1 in 5,391 girls born in 1936 were named Marlyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all girls named Marlyn (1,492) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1924, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 56 | #2,156 (1919) | #2,847 |
| 1920s | 516 | #798 (1929) | #1,280 |
| 1930s | 1,492 | #462 (1936) | #551 |
| 1940s | 1,064 | #588 (1940) | #787 |
| 1950s | 682 | #959 (1950) | #1,241 |
| 1960s | 448 | #1,449 (1963) | #1,750 |
| 1970s | 290 | #1,754 (1971) | #2,830 |
| 1980s | 408 | #1,918 (1987) | #2,532 |
| 1990s | 619 | #1,818 (1991) | #2,223 |
| 2000s | 632 | #2,370 (2004) | #2,660 |
| 2010s | 462 | #2,286 (2012) | #3,865 |
| 2020s | 137 | #4,453 (2020) | #5,493 |
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.
Marlyn in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 34,802 of them was named Marlyn, which outranked 80.5% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,454Sammie59
- #1,454Sherrell59
- #1,454Vannessa59
- #1,465Marlyn58
- #1,465Arline58
- #1,465Berta58
- #1,465Beryl58
- #1,481Catalina57
- #1,481Claudine57
- #1,481Demetra57
Tied with 15 names at #1,465; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 132,762 of them was named Marlyn, which outranked 55.6% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,997West17
- #1,997Woodie17
- #1,997Zebedee17
- #2,070Marlyn16
- #2,070Alphonza16
- #2,070Aram16
- #2,070Armondo16
- #2,148Ardell15
- #2,148Arlo15
- #2,148Arvid15
Tied with 77 names at #2,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.