How Many People Are Named Marylyn?
people named Marylyn are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 192,554 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,336 babies named Marylyn in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
238 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
All of the babies given the name Marylyn in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marylyn alive today is about 63 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marylyn first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1936, to 238 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marylyn has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #418, in 1936. In 2025 it ranked #12,711.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,711 |
| Best rank | #418 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #679 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marylyn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marylyn were born in California than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marylyn was given 3.2 times as often in California, 2.5 times in New York and 2.1 times in Ohio.
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