Marylin

#8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births

Peak · girls
1936 · 117 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,379
since 1918

Marylin over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marylin has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #606, 1936girls
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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#8,86011
2024#10,2719
2023#11,1698
2022#7,28115
2021#8,46412
2020#8,95311
2019#5,16325
2018#6,79217
2017#9,34111
2016#5,44524
2015#5,12726
2014#5,31025
2013#4,00237
2012#5,25326
2011#5,35825
2010#4,97428
2009#4,57132
2008#4,44834
2007#5,70924
2006#4,26534
2005#4,19533
2004#4,38731
2003#4,30730
2002#4,49827
2001#4,68825
2000#4,40027
1999#4,57624
1998#4,23826
1997#4,12526
1996#3,94227
1995#3,58530
1994#4,37623
1993#3,77628
1992#4,38223
1991#4,80820
1990#4,69420
1989#4,12123
1988#4,17221
1987#6,33511
1986#6,15611
1985#5,67812
1984#3,99019
1983#6,7059
1982#5,20913
1981#4,74615
1980#5,24513
1979#6,18910
1978#4,45915
1977#4,42515
1976#3,40720
1975#3,95016
1974#4,45913
1973#2,75325
1972#2,35631
1971#2,37532
1970#2,24035
1969#2,58526
1968#2,09133
1967#2,86819
1966#2,45324
1965#2,15430
1964#1,80342
1963#1,83940
1962#1,85838
1961#1,72044
1960#1,81139
1959#1,69542
1958#1,55747
1957#1,49151
1956#1,35159
1955#1,19770
1954#1,08682
1953#1,14671
1952#1,23659
1951#1,17763
1950#1,04177
1949#1,03874
1948#93985
1947#848107
1946#86492
1945#86376
1944#76899
1943#687122
1942#82985
1941#676108
1940#71296
1939#633115
1938#687100
1937#624118
1936#606117
1935#75880
1934#68096
1933#66398
1932#643108
1931#75878
1930#84771
1929#1,13742
1928#1,14744
1927#1,17243
1926#1,54128
1925#1,34735
1924#1,87222
1923#1,63726
1922#1,95720
1921#2,94111
1920#4,3986
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1918#3,5128
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Marylin! It came in at #3,512, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1919, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marylin
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,411 spots since 2024 (#10,271#8,860)
  • 93 spots since 2020 (#8,953#8,860)
  • 3,733 spots since 2015 (#5,127#8,860)
  • Biggest jump: 290 spots in 1930 (#1,137#847)
  • Biggest drop: 153 spots in 1942 (#676#829)
Rise & fade · girls
18 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1936 at #606 (117 births)
  • Births halved by 1957, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 1930–1948
Share of babies · girls
1 in 8,892
  • Highest: 1 in 8,892 girls born in 1936 were named Marylin (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 22.4% of all girls named Marylin (981) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s8#3,512 (1918)#3,512
1920s277#1,137 (1929)#1,915
1930s981#606 (1936)#690
1940s944#676 (1941)#822
1950s621#1,041 (1950)#1,298
1960s335#1,720 (1961)#2,118
1970s212#2,240 (1970)#3,661
1980s147#3,990 (1984)#5,236
1990s247#3,585 (1995)#4,250
2000s297#4,195 (2005)#4,547
2010s244#4,002 (2013)#5,677
2020s66#7,281 (2022)#9,166

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.

Marylin in 1943

girls
#687
122 births · 1 in 11,437 girls

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #687Marylin122
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 11,437 of them was named Marylin, which outranked 87.2% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marylin
  1. #681Rowena124
  2. #681Tana124
  3. #686Kristine123
  4. #687Marylin122
  5. #687Selma122
  6. #687Suzan122
  7. #687Twila122
  8. #691Jessica121
  9. #691Malinda121
  10. #691Maryjo121

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1943