Marlyn**
#1,730 most common girls' name of all time · #2,974 across all names · 25% male / 75% female · used 1913–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#1,730
Rank overall
#2,974 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
113 of 146
All-time
9,112
Since 2016
250
Peak year
1935 #470
Best rank
#464 1936
Girls
Boys
peak 278/yr
Marlyn first appears in 1913. 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 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,579 |
| 2024 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,200 |
| 2023 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,782 |
| 2022 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,816 |
| 2021 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,258 |
| 2020 | 30 | 5 | 35 | #4,470 |
| 2019 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,198 |
| 2018 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,634 |
| 2017 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #5,360 |
| 2016 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,931 |
| 2015 | 42 | 5 | 47 | #3,659 |
| 2014 | 59 | — | 59 | #2,892 |
| 2013 | 64 | — | 64 | #2,711 |
| 2012 | 82 | 12 | 94 | #2,289 |
| 2011 | 51 | — | 51 | #3,230 |
| 2010 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,844 |
| 2009 | 73 | 9 | 82 | #2,550 |
| 2008 | 54 | — | 54 | #3,123 |
| 2007 | 77 | 9 | 86 | #2,440 |
| 2006 | 71 | 5 | 76 | #2,556 |
| 2005 | 66 | 5 | 71 | #2,582 |
| 2004 | 72 | 8 | 80 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 62 | 5 | 67 | #2,587 |
| 2002 | 55 | 7 | 62 | #2,752 |
| 2001 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,706 |
| 2000 | 47 | 9 | 56 | #2,983 |
| 1999 | 48 | 10 | 58 | #2,818 |
| 1998 | 58 | 5 | 63 | #2,405 |
| 1997 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,948 |
| 1996 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,233 |
| 1995 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,163 |
| 1994 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,190 |
| 1993 | 60 | 6 | 66 | #2,197 |
| 1992 | 53 | 5 | 58 | #2,441 |
| 1991 | 78 | 10 | 88 | #1,820 |
| 1990 | 65 | 6 | 71 | #2,056 |
| 1989 | 56 | — | 56 | #2,174 |
| 1988 | 38 | 11 | 49 | #2,757 |
| 1987 | 59 | 5 | 64 | #1,926 |
| 1986 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,036 |
| 1985 | 39 | — | 39 | #2,502 |
| 1984 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #2,584 |
| 1983 | 31 | 6 | 37 | #2,801 |
| 1982 | 36 | 7 | 43 | #2,597 |
| 1981 | 24 | 5 | 29 | #3,450 |
| 1980 | 36 | — | 36 | #2,620 |
| 1979 | 36 | 12 | 48 | #2,547 |
| 1978 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,293 |
| 1977 | 25 | 8 | 33 | #3,103 |
| 1976 | 23 | 7 | 30 | #3,129 |
| 1975 | 25 | 8 | 33 | #2,909 |
| 1974 | 18 | 5 | 23 | #3,605 |
| 1973 | 26 | 10 | 36 | #2,708 |
| 1972 | 29 | 8 | 37 | #2,472 |
| 1971 | 51 | 7 | 58 | #1,760 |
| 1970 | 41 | 8 | 49 | #2,029 |
| 1969 | 35 | 5 | 40 | #2,150 |
| 1968 | 34 | 7 | 41 | #2,065 |
| 1967 | 42 | 7 | 49 | #1,798 |
| 1966 | 41 | 10 | 51 | #1,774 |
| 1965 | 38 | 12 | 50 | #1,861 |
| 1964 | 50 | 8 | 58 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 59 | 12 | 71 | #1,456 |
| 1962 | 54 | 13 | 67 | #1,531 |
| 1961 | 58 | 16 | 74 | #1,473 |
| 1960 | 37 | 11 | 48 | #1,874 |
| 1959 | 58 | 22 | 80 | #1,414 |
| 1958 | 40 | 22 | 62 | #1,718 |
| 1957 | 48 | 25 | 73 | #1,558 |
| 1956 | 75 | 18 | 93 | #1,206 |
| 1955 | 70 | 28 | 98 | #1,206 |
| 1954 | 75 | 24 | 99 | #1,146 |
| 1953 | 79 | 22 | 101 | #1,093 |
| 1952 | 74 | 23 | 97 | #1,099 |
| 1951 | 75 | 23 | 98 | #1,077 |
| 1950 | 88 | 28 | 116 | #968 |
| 1949 | 67 | 28 | 95 | #1,105 |
| 1948 | 76 | 21 | 97 | #1,009 |
| 1947 | 107 | 29 | 136 | #851 |
| 1946 | 109 | 42 | 151 | #789 |
| 1945 | 78 | 41 | 119 | #852 |
| 1944 | 110 | 32 | 142 | #724 |
| 1943 | 138 | 40 | 178 | #647 |
| 1942 | 130 | 42 | 172 | #657 |
| 1941 | 109 | 37 | 146 | #675 |
| 1940 | 140 | 55 | 195 | #590 |
| 1939 | 121 | 68 | 189 | #616 |
| 1938 | 158 | 82 | 240 | #543 |
| 1937 | 183 | 82 | 265 | #484 |
| 1936 | 193 | 78 | 271 | #464 |
| 1935 | 184 | 94 | 278 | #470 |
| 1934 | 146 | 84 | 230 | #540 |
| 1933 | 156 | 86 | 242 | #510 |
| 1932 | 134 | 78 | 212 | #564 |
| 1931 | 130 | 86 | 216 | #580 |
| 1930 | 87 | 81 | 168 | #754 |
| 1929 | 78 | 68 | 146 | #803 |
| 1928 | 78 | 57 | 135 | #820 |
| 1927 | 63 | 52 | 115 | #961 |
| 1926 | 80 | 60 | 140 | #823 |
| 1925 | 65 | 49 | 114 | #931 |
| 1924 | 46 | 50 | 96 | #1,169 |
| 1923 | 47 | 34 | 81 | #1,128 |
| 1922 | 28 | 42 | 70 | #1,610 |
| 1921 | 17 | 28 | 45 | #2,276 |
| 1920 | 14 | 22 | 36 | #2,574 |
| 1919 | 16 | 13 | 29 | #2,259 |
| 1918 | 15 | 13 | 28 | #2,372 |
| 1917 | 8 | 16 | 24 | #3,600 |
| 1916 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #4,197 |
| 1915 | 11 | 16 | 27 | #2,673 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1913 | — | 7 | 7 | — |