Marolyn

Peak · girls
1938 · 61 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,381
since 1919

Marolyn over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marolyn has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #905, 1938girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1969#5,0579
1968#5,1478
1967#4,9828
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1965#4,20210
1964#3,24416
1963#3,80112
1962#4,5339
1961#2,75220
1960#2,98917
1959#2,45822
1958#3,23214
1957#2,06728
1956#2,53020
1955#1,83933
1954#1,87531
1953#1,58638
1952#1,89228
1951#1,52838
1950#1,72030
1949#1,42342
1948#1,28551
1947#1,18358
1946#1,07862
1945#1,06054
1944#1,09051
1943#1,21244
1942#1,19544
1941#1,33533
1940#1,04647
1939#93956
1938#90561
1937#96452
1936#1,11540
1935#1,24433
1934#1,16637
1933#1,55223
1932#1,34630
1931#1,54924
1930#1,60724
1929#2,30114
1928#2,02318
1927#1,88521
1926#1,93220
1925#3,11610
1924#3,3939
1923#3,6418
1922#3,3799
1921#5,0995
1920#4,9755
1919#4,8145
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five girls were named Marolyn! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marolyn is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Marolyn in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Marolyn
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1969
  • Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1937
  • Biggest drop: 107 spots in 1940
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1938 at #905 (61 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1937–1939
Share of babies · girls
1 in 18,089
  • Highest: 1 in 18,089 girls born in 1938 were named Marolyn (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 187,446 girls born in 1969 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
  • 35.2% of all girls named Marolyn (486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,814 (1919)#4,814
1920s119#1,885 (1927)#3,174
1930s380#905 (1938)#1,239
1940s486#1,046 (1940)#1,191
1950s282#1,528 (1951)#2,073
1960s109#2,752 (1961)#4,079

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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