How rare is the name Marylynn?

3,924 people in the United States have the first name Marylynn, about 1 in 76,970. It ranks #4,663 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARYLYNN

#4,663

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,924
About
1 in 76,970
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,924 people named Marylynn, 87.6% reported their origin as White, 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% as Black. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marylynn peaked in 1960, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19202025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
65
In 2025*
16 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 2,176 babies have been given the name since 1920. 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.

Marylynn by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #2,755. The largest share of babies named Marylynn, 35.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#6,72965
1930s#4,211121
1940s#2,755292
1950s#2,945343
1960s#2,814433
1970s#5,622185
1980s#6,070215
1990s#9,635155
2000s#12,128155
2010s#13,542139
2020s#14,28773
Greatest Generation 1901–272.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.7%
Baby boom 1946–6435.2%
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9615.2%
Generation Z 1997–1210.1%
2013 and later7.9%

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.

Exactly as common as Marylynn

1 other first name also has 3,924 people.

#4,663 Samar · 3,924

Either side of Marylynn

#4,660 Montgomery · 3,926#4,660 Viktoria · 3,926#4,663 Samar · 3,924#4,665 Macario · 3,922

Spelled almost the same

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

#221 Marilyn · 248,652#2,649 Marilynn · 8,929#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#4,545 Marylin · 4,053#5,671 Marylyn · 2,979#12,216 Maryland · 1,025#12,345 Maralyn · 1,011#13,509 Marolyn · 892

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