first name
MARLON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 34,097 people named Marlon, 40.6% reported their origin as Black, 38.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.3% as White. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marlon peaked in 1972, when 1,037 babies got the name.
At least 31,292 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.
Marlon by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #608. The largest share of babies named Marlon, 28.9%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Marlon is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlon has been most common in Louisiana (2.9×), District of Columbia (2.2×), and Florida (2.2×), and least common in Iowa (0.11×).
27,163 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.
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