Marilynn

Where Marilynn comes from

Marilynn 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. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,876 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1929
    Marilynn Smith born
    professional golfer
  3. 1942
    Marilynn Brewer born
    American psychologist
  4. 1944
    Peak, #348
    392 babies named Marilynn — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1958
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #732.
In the dictionary

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

Namesakes
  • Marilynn Smith · professional golfer, 1929–2019
  • Marilynn Brewer · American psychologist, born 1942
  • Marilynn Malerba · American tribal leader and nurse, born 1953
  • Marilynn Webb · New Zealand painter and printmaker, 1937–2021

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.