Marylyn
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 238 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,336since 1910
Marylyn over time
Rank among girls' names. Marylyn has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #8,280 | 12 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 |
| 1994 | #5,984 | 15 |
| 1993 | #5,419 | 17 |
| 1992 | #6,008 | 15 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #5,074 | 15 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #4,593 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 |
| 1961 | #2,411 | 25 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 |
| 1958 | #2,972 | 16 |
| 1957 | #2,416 | 22 |
| 1956 | #1,760 | 36 |
| 1955 | #1,839 | 33 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,312 | 55 |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 |
| 1950 | #1,224 | 57 |
| 1949 | #1,135 | 64 |
| 1948 | #1,157 | 60 |
| 1947 | #909 | 95 |
| 1946 | #897 | 86 |
| 1945 | #941 | 66 |
| 1944 | #827 | 85 |
| 1943 | #798 | 93 |
| 1942 | #794 | 92 |
| 1941 | #871 | 70 |
| 1940 | #795 | 79 |
| 1939 | #705 | 93 |
| 1938 | #710 | 93 |
| 1937 | #592 | 129 |
| 1936 | #418 | 238 |
| 1935 | #758 | 80 |
| 1934 | #746 | 80 |
| 1933 | #666 | 96 |
| 1932 | #686 | 98 |
| 1931 | #931 | 55 |
| 1930 | #949 | 59 |
| 1929 | #1,137 | 42 |
| 1928 | #1,069 | 49 |
| 1927 | #1,213 | 41 |
| 1926 | #1,279 | 37 |
| 1925 | #1,647 | 26 |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 |
| 1923 | #1,158 | 44 |
| 1922 | #1,897 | 21 |
| 1921 | #2,762 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #3,219 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,244 | 9 |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Marylyn! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marylyn is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#209 · 1 in 1,808
- Iowa#235 · 1 in 2,065
- Illinois#247 · 1 in 2,197
- Ohio#257 · 1 in 2,606
- New York#259 · 1 in 2,340
Best ever in a state: #209 in New Jersey, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #209 | 13 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Iowa | #235 | 9 | 1 in 2,065 |
| Illinois | #247 | 23 | 1 in 2,197 |
| Ohio | #257 | 18 | 1 in 2,606 |
| New York | #259 | 35 | 1 in 2,340 |
| Massachusetts | #273 | 7 | 1 in 3,891 |
| Indiana | #296 | 7 | 1 in 3,313 |
| Kansas | #298 | 5 | 1 in 2,488 |
| Minnesota | #298 | 6 | 1 in 3,313 |
| Wisconsin | #306 | 6 | 1 in 3,787 |
| Pennsylvania | #320 | 18 | 1 in 3,947 |
| Missouri | #338 | 8 | 1 in 3,229 |
| Louisiana | #371 | 7 | 1 in 2,925 |
| Michigan | #395 | 7 | 1 in 5,538 |
| Texas | #674 | 8 | 1 in 6,862 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marylyn
- 1,521 spots since 2020 (#13,453 → #11,932)
- 97 spots since 2015 (#11,835 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 340 spots in 1936 (#758 → #418)
- Biggest drop: 248 spots in 1948 (#909 → #1,157)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1936 at #418 (238 births)
- Births halved by 1938, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1930–1947
- Highest: 1 in 4,371 girls born in 1936 were named Marylyn (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 30.6% of all girls named Marylyn (1,021) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 36 | #2,398 (1910) | #3,276 |
| 1920s | 329 | #1,069 (1928) | #1,583 |
| 1930s | 1,021 | #418 (1936) | #716 |
| 1940s | 790 | #794 (1942) | #912 |
| 1950s | 389 | #1,224 (1950) | #1,798 |
| 1960s | 196 | #2,411 (1961) | #2,897 |
| 1970s | 154 | #3,311 (1970) | #4,524 |
| 1980s | 101 | #4,884 (1983) | #6,524 |
| 1990s | 147 | #5,286 (1990) | #6,354 |
| 2000s | 91 | #7,408 (2008) | #10,536 |
| 2010s | 55 | #9,411 (2016) | #13,766 |
| 2020s | 27 | #11,932 (2025) | #12,447 |
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.
Marylyn in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 4,371 of them was named Marylyn, which outranked 91.4% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #415Frieda241
- #416Marietta240
- #416Wilda240
- #418Marylyn238
- #418Reva238
- #420Doreen237
- #421Mollie236
- #422Greta235
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.