Marlyn

Where Marlyn comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Marlyn.

Marlyn through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,526 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1922
    Marlyn Meltzer born
    programmer for the ENIAC computer
  3. 1925
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  4. 1936
    Peak, #462
    193 babies named Marlyn, the most in any year.
  5. 1940
    Marlyn Mason born
    American actress
  6. 1945
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #850.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Marlyn Meltzer · programmer for the ENIAC computer, 1922–2008
  • Marlyn Mason · American actress, born 1940
  • Marlyn Maisarah · Indonesian politician, born 1980

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.