How rare is the name Marilynn?

8,929 people in the United States have the first name Marilynn, about 1 in 33,826. It ranks #2,649 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARILYNN

#2,649

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,929
About
1 in 33,826
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,929 people named Marilynn, 79% reported their origin as White, 8.6% as Black and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marilynn peaked in 1947, when 407 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
407
In 2025*
41 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 13,282 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marilynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #734. The largest share of babies named Marilynn, 35.4%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#2,566213
1920s#1,0261,621
1930s#7822,359
1940s#7343,569
1950s#9842,723
1960s#2,233653
1970s#3,653354
1980s#4,832301
1990s#5,108384
2000s#8,342261
2010s#5,207563
2020s#5,881281
Greatest Generation 1901–2712.1%
Silent Generation 1928–4535.4%
Baby boom 1946–6434.6%
Generation X 1965–804.6%
Millennials 1981–964.3%
Generation Z 1997–123.6%
2013 and later5.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marilynn is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marilynn has been most common in Michigan (2.8×), Illinois (2.4×), and Iowa (2.1×), and least common in Virginia (0.2×).

9,449 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Marilynn

#2,647 Yusuf · 8,933#2,648 Oralia · 8,931#2,650 Milena · 8,922#2,651 Lacie · 8,921

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marilynn, most common first.

#221 Marilyn · 248,652#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#4,663 Marylynn · 3,924#5,671 Marylyn · 2,979#8,851 Marilin · 1,611#11,837 Marilena · 1,068#12,345 Maralyn · 1,011#13,509 Marolyn · 892

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