Maralyn

Where Maralyn comes from

Maralyn hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,092 among girls, 9 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Peak, #875
    64 babies named Maralyn — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1941
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,355.
  4. 1942
    Maralyn Chase born
    American politician
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Maralyn Chase · American politician, born 1942

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.