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.

Marlon

#658 most common boys' name of all time · #1,465 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#658
Rank overall
#1,465 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
31,292
Since 2016
2,389
Peak year
1972 #217
Best rank
#217 1972
Girls Boys peak 1,037/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marlon first appears in 1914. 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 195 195 #1,102
2024 201 201 #1,083
2023 240 240 #941
2022 226 226 #992
2021 213 213 #1,030
2020 217 217 #984
2019 260 260 #856
2018 262 262 #847
2017 291 291 #792
2016 284 284 #811
2015 277 277 #819
2014 319 319 #746
2013 327 327 #718
2012 340 340 #700
2011 367 367 #638
2010 411 411 #606
2009 382 382 #650
2008 455 455 #569
2007 467 467 #551
2006 509 509 #509
2005 479 479 #514
2004 460 460 #521
2003 462 462 #519
2002 447 447 #511
2001 454 454 #503
2000 6 452 458 #507
1999 437 437 #497
1998 442 442 #493
1997 5 479 484 #462
1996 466 466 #469
1995 6 444 450 #487
1994 445 445 #479
1993 5 436 441 #482
1992 6 452 458 #475
1991 481 481 #449
1990 8 469 477 #457
1989 7 413 420 #463
1988 8 488 496 #409
1987 415 415 #433
1986 9 402 411 #432
1985 9 509 518 #361
1984 7 476 483 #370
1983 401 401 #408
1982 5 457 462 #378
1981 9 429 438 #391
1980 6 538 544 #344
1979 13 591 604 #319
1978 10 530 540 #330
1977 9 651 660 #297
1976 14 743 757 #263
1975 11 639 650 #297
1974 14 756 770 #256
1973 20 904 924 #233
1972 9 1,028 1,037 #217
1971 12 766 778 #277
1970 9 458 467 #378
1969 231 231 #513
1968 13 235 248 #494
1967 9 311 320 #430
1966 259 259 #478
1965 6 261 267 #480
1964 267 267 #482
1963 7 350 357 #428
1962 5 290 295 #468
1961 303 303 #466
1960 5 296 301 #462
1959 6 269 275 #477
1958 6 345 351 #424
1957 10 293 303 #450
1956 10 365 375 #396
1955 8 449 457 #344
1954 8 203 211 #512
1953 84 84 #778
1952 98 98 #713
1951 68 68 #850
1950 52 52 #970
1949 36 36 #1,200
1948 27 27 #1,423
1947 30 30 #1,360
1946 29 29 #1,322
1945 7 30 37 #1,225
1944 22 22 #1,478
1943 30 30 #1,277
1942 40 40 #1,086
1941 40 40 #1,038
1940 19 19 #1,621
1939 25 25 #1,356
1938 20 20 #1,556
1937 25 25 #1,370
1936 27 27 #1,291
1935 31 31 #1,225
1934 21 21 #1,544
1933 5 26 31 #1,329
1932 23 23 #1,502
1931 25 25 #1,426
1930 5 22 27 #1,600
1929 28 28 #1,377
1928 25 25 #1,518
1927 21 21 #1,746
1926 16 16 #2,068
1925 21 21 #1,744
1924 23 23 #1,674
1923 9 15 24 #2,218
1922 10 10 #2,966
1921 13 13 #2,489
1920 23 23 #1,641
1919 9 9 #3,061
1917 11 11 #2,551
1916 8 8 #3,118
1915 9 9 #2,801
1914 5 5 #3,668