How Many People Are Named Marlyn?
people named Marlyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 66,032 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,112 babies named Marlyn in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
278 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of MARILYN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marlyn, 85.6% were girls and 14.4% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Marlyn rose from 40% in the 1910s to 96.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marlyn alive today is about 50 years old, and 44% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 25 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marlyn first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1935, to 278 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marlyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #464, in 1936. In 2025 it ranked #5,652. Among boys, its best rank was #601, in 1935.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,652 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #464 (1936) | #601 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #540 in the 1930s | #666 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marlyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marlyn were born in California than in any other state: about 1,029 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marlyn was given 5.1 times as often in Iowa, 4.6 times in North Dakota and 3.9 times in Minnesota.
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