How rare is the name Marylin?

4,053 people in the United States have the first name Marylin, about 1 in 74,520. It ranks #4,545 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARYLIN

#4,545

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,053
About
1 in 74,520
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,053 people named Marylin, 54.9% reported their origin as White, 30.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 8.4% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marylin peaked in 1943, when 122 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19182025
Peak year
1943
Births that year
122
In 2025*
11 ▼91%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,379 babies have been given the name since 1918. 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.

Marylin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,254. The largest share of babies named Marylin, 37.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#10,5288
1920s#2,800277
1930s#1,254981
1940s#1,443944
1950s#2,135621
1960s#3,270335
1970s#5,152212
1980s#7,780147
1990s#6,955247
2000s#7,657297
2010s#9,224244
2020s#15,22366
Greatest Generation 1901–274.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4537.7%
Baby boom 1946–6427%
Generation X 1965–808.2%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–1210.3%
2013 and later5.3%

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 Marylin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marylin has been most common in New York (2.9×), California (2.4×), and Iowa (2.2×), and least common in Texas (1.3×).

1,698 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.

Exactly as common as Marylin

1 other first name also has 4,053 people.

#4,545 Calli · 4,053

Either side of Marylin

#4,544 Oriana · 4,056#4,545 Calli · 4,053#4,547 Karri · 4,052#4,547 Philomena · 4,052

Spelled almost the same

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

#221 Marilyn · 248,652#1,157 Marlon · 34,097#1,859 Marlin · 15,488#2,456 Marlen · 10,077#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#4,663 Marylynn · 3,924#5,671 Marylyn · 2,979#8,767 Marline · 1,635

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