Marylyn

Where Marylyn comes from

The dictionaries list Marylyn as a given name — a female given name, variant of Marilyn — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1910
    First appearance
    #2,398 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1936
    Peak, #418
    238 babies named Marylyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1938
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #710.
  4. 1970
    Marylyn Addo born
    German infectiologist
  5. 1977
    Marylyn Chiang born
    swimmer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name, variant of Marilyn.
Namesakes
  • Marylyn Chiang · swimmer, born 1977
  • Marylyn Addo · German infectiologist, 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.