Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marlan

#4,219 most common boys' name of all time · #10,335 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#4,219
Rank overall
#10,335 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
1,236
Since 2016
26
Peak year
1952 #1,571
Best rank
#1,297 1941
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marlan first appears in 1915. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,128
2022 — 5 5 #12,473
2021 — 5 5 #12,307
2020 — 6 6 #10,738
2018 — 5 5 #12,298
2014 — 6 6 #10,835
2013 — 6 6 #10,834
2012 — 6 6 #10,907
2010 — 5 5 #12,377
2009 — 7 7 #9,956
2008 — 7 7 #9,983
2005 — 5 5 #11,629
2004 — 5 5 #11,513
2003 — 7 7 #8,744
2002 — 8 8 #7,730
2001 — 11 11 #6,068
2000 — 7 7 #8,308
1999 — 8 8 #7,238
1998 — 7 7 #7,689
1997 — 11 11 #5,351
1996 — 7 7 #7,248
1995 — 8 8 #6,493
1994 — 11 11 #5,169
1992 — 10 10 #5,305
1991 — 10 10 #5,181
1990 — 13 13 #4,229
1989 — 5 5 #8,098
1988 — 9 9 #4,851
1987 — 10 10 #4,329
1986 — 11 11 #3,963
1982 — 11 11 #3,784
1981 — 6 6 #5,642
1980 — 8 8 #4,602
1979 — 14 14 #3,068
1978 — 12 12 #3,280
1977 — 10 10 #3,677
1976 — 19 19 #2,368
1975 — 18 18 #2,402
1974 — 24 24 #1,908
1973 — 25 25 #1,797
1972 — 16 16 #2,370
1971 — 26 26 #1,763
1970 — 14 14 #2,557
1969 — 13 13 #2,469
1968 — 15 15 #2,159
1967 — 15 15 #2,092
1966 — 13 13 #2,281
1965 — 11 11 #2,558
1964 — 18 18 #1,948
1963 5 14 19 #2,267
1962 — 22 22 #1,743
1961 — 18 18 #1,985
1960 — 16 16 #2,091
1959 — 19 19 #1,896
1958 — 14 14 #2,233
1957 — 21 21 #1,784
1956 — 17 17 #1,994
1955 — 17 17 #1,964
1954 — 18 18 #1,874
1953 — 17 17 #1,946
1952 9 24 33 #1,571
1951 — 12 12 #2,333
1950 — 14 14 #2,093
1949 — 12 12 #2,309
1948 — 14 14 #2,105
1947 — 14 14 #2,155
1946 — 15 15 #1,933
1945 — 12 12 #2,109
1944 — 17 17 #1,732
1943 — 12 12 #2,259
1942 — 18 18 #1,720
1941 — 27 27 #1,297
1940 — 15 15 #1,880
1939 — 12 12 #2,143
1938 — 19 19 #1,605
1937 — 26 26 #1,341
1936 — 19 19 #1,582
1935 — 13 13 #2,117
1934 — 22 22 #1,495
1933 — 17 17 #1,763
1932 — 15 15 #1,990
1931 — 19 19 #1,689
1930 — 10 10 #2,752
1929 — 12 12 #2,432
1928 — 25 25 #1,519
1927 — 11 11 #2,673
1926 — 10 10 #2,871
1925 — 14 14 #2,300
1924 — 12 12 #2,625
1923 — 7 7 #3,706
1922 — 7 7 #3,749
1921 — 7 7 #3,757
1920 — 14 14 #2,331
1918 — 6 6 #4,002
1917 — 5 5 #4,301
1915 — 7 7 #3,360