Marilyn
#101 most common girls' name of all time · #193 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1899–2025
Rank among girls
#101
Rank overall
#193 of 105,966
First appeared
1899
Years on the list
126 of 146
All-time
374,857
Since 2016
4,643
Peak year
1947 #29
Best rank
#13 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 11,905/yr
Marilyn first appears in 1899. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 356 | — | 356 | #761 |
| 2024 | 436 | — | 436 | #665 |
| 2023 | 378 | — | 378 | #743 |
| 2022 | 423 | — | 423 | #697 |
| 2021 | 409 | — | 409 | #706 |
| 2020 | 457 | — | 457 | #635 |
| 2019 | 467 | — | 467 | #634 |
| 2018 | 498 | — | 498 | #607 |
| 2017 | 585 | — | 585 | #531 |
| 2016 | 634 | — | 634 | #491 |
| 2015 | 748 | — | 748 | #426 |
| 2014 | 798 | — | 798 | #404 |
| 2013 | 837 | — | 837 | #373 |
| 2012 | 744 | — | 744 | #422 |
| 2011 | 535 | — | 535 | #545 |
| 2010 | 536 | — | 536 | #547 |
| 2009 | 524 | — | 524 | #580 |
| 2008 | 545 | — | 545 | #565 |
| 2007 | 599 | — | 599 | #522 |
| 2006 | 598 | — | 598 | #508 |
| 2005 | 513 | — | 513 | #559 |
| 2004 | 499 | — | 499 | #573 |
| 2003 | 514 | — | 514 | #544 |
| 2002 | 507 | — | 507 | #543 |
| 2001 | 553 | — | 553 | #496 |
| 2000 | 524 | — | 524 | #508 |
| 1999 | 481 | — | 481 | #527 |
| 1998 | 518 | — | 518 | #490 |
| 1997 | 567 | 6 | 573 | #447 |
| 1996 | 611 | — | 611 | #416 |
| 1995 | 576 | 5 | 581 | #446 |
| 1994 | 552 | — | 552 | #459 |
| 1993 | 599 | 5 | 604 | #415 |
| 1992 | 680 | — | 680 | #378 |
| 1991 | 584 | — | 584 | #434 |
| 1990 | 582 | — | 582 | #432 |
| 1989 | 628 | 8 | 636 | #394 |
| 1988 | 547 | 5 | 552 | #425 |
| 1987 | 532 | — | 532 | #418 |
| 1986 | 488 | 5 | 493 | #441 |
| 1985 | 522 | 6 | 528 | #422 |
| 1984 | 509 | 8 | 517 | #418 |
| 1983 | 612 | — | 612 | #368 |
| 1982 | 582 | — | 582 | #399 |
| 1981 | 579 | — | 579 | #391 |
| 1980 | 579 | — | 579 | #394 |
| 1979 | 559 | 9 | 568 | #389 |
| 1978 | 634 | 6 | 640 | #341 |
| 1977 | 608 | — | 608 | #361 |
| 1976 | 648 | — | 648 | #341 |
| 1975 | 651 | 6 | 657 | #339 |
| 1974 | 725 | 6 | 731 | #315 |
| 1973 | 777 | 12 | 789 | #300 |
| 1972 | 856 | 10 | 866 | #294 |
| 1971 | 1,216 | 7 | 1,223 | #240 |
| 1970 | 1,256 | 6 | 1,262 | #248 |
| 1969 | 1,398 | 9 | 1,407 | #218 |
| 1968 | 1,577 | 7 | 1,584 | #198 |
| 1967 | 1,960 | 11 | 1,971 | #167 |
| 1966 | 1,994 | 6 | 2,000 | #170 |
| 1965 | 2,490 | 13 | 2,503 | #151 |
| 1964 | 2,793 | 7 | 2,800 | #146 |
| 1963 | 3,314 | 12 | 3,326 | #125 |
| 1962 | 3,608 | 13 | 3,621 | #127 |
| 1961 | 3,797 | 16 | 3,813 | #122 |
| 1960 | 4,071 | 9 | 4,080 | #118 |
| 1959 | 4,343 | 14 | 4,357 | #109 |
| 1958 | 4,948 | 15 | 4,963 | #96 |
| 1957 | 5,743 | 9 | 5,752 | #82 |
| 1956 | 6,926 | 25 | 6,951 | #70 |
| 1955 | 8,409 | 19 | 8,428 | #49 |
| 1954 | 10,814 | 16 | 10,830 | #35 |
| 1953 | 10,742 | 22 | 10,764 | #36 |
| 1952 | 9,803 | 12 | 9,815 | #38 |
| 1951 | 9,148 | 20 | 9,168 | #41 |
| 1950 | 9,285 | 15 | 9,300 | #37 |
| 1949 | 9,865 | 14 | 9,879 | #33 |
| 1948 | 9,937 | 16 | 9,953 | #33 |
| 1947 | 11,881 | 24 | 11,905 | #29 |
| 1946 | 10,711 | 21 | 10,732 | #29 |
| 1945 | 9,534 | 17 | 9,551 | #27 |
| 1944 | 9,738 | 22 | 9,760 | #27 |
| 1943 | 10,145 | 30 | 10,175 | #27 |
| 1942 | 9,906 | 32 | 9,938 | #27 |
| 1941 | 8,556 | 32 | 8,588 | #30 |
| 1940 | 8,704 | 41 | 8,745 | #25 |
| 1939 | 9,538 | 32 | 9,570 | #19 |
| 1938 | 9,745 | 36 | 9,781 | #19 |
| 1937 | 9,739 | 45 | 9,784 | #13 |
| 1936 | 11,064 | 38 | 11,102 | #13 |
| 1935 | 10,418 | 33 | 10,451 | #14 |
| 1934 | 9,382 | 38 | 9,420 | #17 |
| 1933 | 9,126 | 24 | 9,150 | #16 |
| 1932 | 10,567 | 38 | 10,605 | #16 |
| 1931 | 9,664 | 31 | 9,695 | #19 |
| 1930 | 9,288 | 29 | 9,317 | #22 |
| 1929 | 6,731 | 32 | 6,763 | #33 |
| 1928 | 6,066 | 20 | 6,086 | #38 |
| 1927 | 5,554 | 21 | 5,575 | #46 |
| 1926 | 4,370 | 10 | 4,380 | #65 |
| 1925 | 3,419 | — | 3,419 | #83 |
| 1924 | 2,860 | 5 | 2,865 | #101 |
| 1923 | 2,286 | — | 2,286 | #118 |
| 1922 | 1,698 | 5 | 1,703 | #145 |
| 1921 | 696 | — | 696 | #253 |
| 1920 | 522 | — | 522 | #288 |
| 1919 | 404 | — | 404 | #314 |
| 1918 | 245 | — | 245 | #423 |
| 1917 | 164 | — | 164 | #524 |
| 1916 | 146 | — | 146 | #556 |
| 1915 | 109 | — | 109 | #631 |
| 1914 | 75 | — | 75 | #675 |
| 1913 | 58 | — | 58 | #688 |
| 1912 | 56 | — | 56 | #672 |
| 1911 | 31 | — | 31 | #789 |
| 1910 | 18 | — | 18 | #1,067 |
| 1909 | 21 | — | 21 | #908 |
| 1908 | 25 | — | 25 | #790 |
| 1907 | 17 | — | 17 | #944 |
| 1906 | 24 | — | 24 | #764 |
| 1905 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,294 |
| 1904 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,832 |
| 1903 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,133 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,649 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,169 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,826 |