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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| 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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First appearance
1915
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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 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)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1936 at #462 (193 births)
- Births halved by 1945, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1925–1947
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,391
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 21.9% of all girls named Marlyn (1,492) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1925
- 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.
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