Marylin Girl
How popular is Marylin?
#8,858 girl name in 2025
11 baby girls were named Marylin in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
Marylin popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #8,858 for girls (▲ 1408 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 11 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #5,125 in 2015, #8,948 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1943 (122 girls) |
| Highest rank | #606 in 1936 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marylin counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marilyn family of names ranked #429 for girls in 2025 (#413 the year before), with 698 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marilyn | 356 | 51% |
| Marlene | 177 | 25% |
| Marilynn | 41 | 6% |
| Marlen | 42 | 6% |
| Marlyn | 22 | 3% |
| Marelyn | 19 | 3% |
| Marylin | 11 | 2% |
| Marylynn | 16 | 2% |
| Marlynn | 7 | 1% |
| Marylyn | 7 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marylin is most popular
Babies named Marylin per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Marylin by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1920s | 277 | #1,137 |
| 1930s | 981 | #606 |
| 1940s | 944 | #676 |
| 1950s | 621 | #1,040 |
| 1960s | 335 | #1,719 |
| 1970s | 212 | #2,240 |
| 1980s | 147 | #3,989 |
| 1990s | 247 | #3,580 |
| 2000s | 297 | #4,191 |
| 2010s | 244 | #4,000 |
| 2020s | 66 | #7,276 |
Girl names about as popular as Marylin
Questions
- Is Marylin a boy or girl name?
- Marylin is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marylin were girls.
- How popular is the name Marylin?
- 11 baby girls were named Marylin in the US in 2025, making it the 8858th most popular girl name.
- When was Marylin most popular?
- Marylin peaked in 1943, when 122 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #606 in 1936.
- How many people are named Marylin?
- 4,379 babies have been named Marylin in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,849 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Marylin most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marylin was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.