Meaning not yet researched.
Marilyn: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 356 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 1937.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 1937; #761 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marilyn in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#761 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1937, at #13.
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Marilyn: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 356 girls in 2025. Peak: #13 in 1937 · most girls in one year: 11,881 (1947).
In 2025, 356 US girls were named Marilyn, making it the 761st most common girls’ name of the year, down 96 places from #665 in 2024. That is 80 fewer than the 436 girls named Marilyn in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #13, reached in 1937. The most girls given the name in a single year was 11,881, in 1947. For comparison, it was #426 in 2015 and #37 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marilyn in 126 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1899 with 5 babies. In all, 374,857 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 99,226 babies named Marilyn.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,643 US girls were named Marilyn; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 634. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,515 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marilyn ranked highest in Wisconsin in 2025, at #440 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Marilynn (13,282 babies since 1880), Marlyn (9,112 babies since 1880), Marylin (4,379 babies since 1880) and Marylyn (3,336 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Marylynn, Maralyn and Marilynne are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Mary.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marylynn (2,176), Maralyn (1,319), Marilynne (968), Marelyn (835), Marilin (780), Merrilyn (751), Marillyn (437), Marilyne (329), Marelin (267), Marilene (143), Marylon (128), Marylen (89), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 12 | #440 | #563 |
| Missouri | 11 | #545 | #723 |
| Alabama | 9 | #562 | #350 |
| Indiana | 12 | #565 | #606 |
| Georgia | 18 | #602 | #503 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #609 | #456 |
| Ohio | 17 | #612 | #410 |
| California | 50 | #633 | #242 |
| Maryland | 8 | #633 | #517 |
| Tennessee | 11 | #689 | #500 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #729 | #723 |
| Virginia | 10 | #739 | #711 |
| Colorado | 7 | #759 | #274 |
| New York | 21 | #777 | #542 |
| Washington | 8 | #784 | #426 |
| Utah | 5 | #786 | #812 |
| Texas | 38 | #795 | #322 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #864 | #745 |
| North Carolina | 11 | #880 | #445 |
| New Jersey | 7 | #1,000 | #761 |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,086 | #383 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,298 | #689 |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,348 | #703 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 356 | #761 | — | — |
| 2024 | 436 | #665 | — | — |
| 2023 | 378 | #744 | — | — |
| 2022 | 423 | #698 | — | — |
| 2021 | 409 | #706 | — | — |
| 2020 | 457 | #634 | — | — |
| 2019 | 467 | #634 | — | — |
| 2018 | 498 | #607 | — | — |
| 2017 | 585 | #531 | — | — |
| 2016 | 634 | #491 | — | — |
| 2015 | 748 | #426 | — | — |
| 2014 | 798 | #404 | — | — |
| 2013 | 837 | #373 | — | — |
| 2012 | 744 | #422 | — | — |
| 2011 | 535 | #545 | — | — |
| 2010 | 536 | #548 | — | — |
| 2009 | 524 | #581 | — | — |
| 2008 | 545 | #565 | — | — |
| 2007 | 599 | #522 | — | — |
| 2006 | 598 | #509 | — | — |
| 2005 | 513 | #560 | — | — |
| 2004 | 499 | #573 | — | — |
| 2003 | 514 | #545 | — | — |
| 2002 | 507 | #543 | — | — |
| 2001 | 553 | #496 | — | — |
| 2000 | 524 | #509 | — | — |
| 1999 | 481 | #527 | — | — |
| 1998 | 518 | #490 | — | — |
| 1997 | 567 | #447 | 6 | #8,866 |
| 1996 | 611 | #416 | — | — |
| 1995 | 576 | #446 | 5 | #9,769 |
| 1994 | 552 | #460 | — | — |
| 1993 | 599 | #415 | 5 | #9,629 |
| 1992 | 680 | #379 | — | — |
| 1991 | 584 | #435 | — | — |
| 1990 | 582 | #433 | — | — |
| 1989 | 628 | #394 | 8 | #6,005 |
| 1988 | 547 | #425 | 5 | #8,072 |
| 1987 | 532 | #418 | — | — |
| 1986 | 488 | #442 | 5 | #7,422 |
| 1985 | 522 | #422 | 6 | #6,239 |
| 1984 | 509 | #418 | 8 | #4,822 |
| 1983 | 612 | #368 | — | — |
| 1982 | 582 | #400 | — | — |
| 1981 | 579 | #390 | — | — |
| 1980 | 579 | #394 | — | — |
| 1979 | 559 | #389 | 9 | #4,272 |
| 1978 | 634 | #341 | 6 | #5,522 |
| 1977 | 608 | #361 | — | — |
| 1976 | 648 | #341 | — | — |
| 1975 | 651 | #339 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1974 | 725 | #315 | 6 | #5,016 |
| 1973 | 777 | #300 | 12 | #2,960 |
| 1972 | 856 | #294 | 10 | #3,271 |
| 1971 | 1,216 | #240 | 7 | #4,219 |
| 1970 | 1,256 | #248 | 6 | #4,551 |
| 1969 | 1,398 | #218 | 9 | #3,233 |
| 1968 | 1,577 | #198 | 7 | #3,560 |
| 1967 | 1,960 | #167 | 11 | #2,557 |
| 1966 | 1,994 | #170 | 6 | #3,779 |
| 1965 | 2,490 | #151 | 13 | #2,331 |
| 1964 | 2,793 | #146 | 7 | #3,491 |
| 1963 | 3,314 | #125 | 12 | #2,491 |
| 1962 | 3,608 | #127 | 13 | #2,328 |
| 1961 | 3,797 | #122 | 16 | #2,112 |
| 1960 | 4,071 | #118 | 9 | #2,999 |
| 1959 | 4,343 | #109 | 14 | #2,259 |
| 1958 | 4,948 | #96 | 15 | #2,139 |
| 1957 | 5,743 | #82 | 9 | #2,950 |
| 1956 | 6,926 | #70 | 25 | #1,594 |
| 1955 | 8,409 | #49 | 19 | #1,827 |
| 1954 | 10,814 | #35 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1953 | 10,742 | #36 | 22 | #1,660 |
| 1952 | 9,803 | #38 | 12 | #2,336 |
| 1951 | 9,148 | #41 | 20 | #1,712 |
| 1950 | 9,285 | #37 | 15 | #1,992 |
| 1949 | 9,865 | #33 | 14 | #2,082 |
| 1948 | 9,937 | #33 | 16 | #1,916 |
| 1947 | 11,881 | #29 | 24 | #1,542 |
| 1946 | 10,711 | #29 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1945 | 9,534 | #27 | 17 | #1,672 |
| 1944 | 9,738 | #27 | 22 | #1,465 |
| 1943 | 10,145 | #27 | 30 | #1,273 |
| 1942 | 9,906 | #27 | 32 | #1,239 |
| 1941 | 8,556 | #30 | 32 | #1,180 |
| 1940 | 8,704 | #25 | 41 | #1,017 |
| 1939 | 9,538 | #19 | 32 | #1,158 |
| 1938 | 9,745 | #19 | 36 | #1,084 |
| 1937 | 9,739 | #13 | 45 | #939 |
| 1936 | 11,064 | #13 | 38 | #1,042 |
| 1935 | 10,418 | #14 | 33 | #1,157 |
| 1934 | 9,382 | #17 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1933 | 9,126 | #16 | 24 | #1,392 |
| 1932 | 10,567 | #16 | 38 | #1,107 |
| 1931 | 9,664 | #19 | 31 | #1,249 |
| 1930 | 9,288 | #22 | 29 | #1,359 |
| 1929 | 6,731 | #33 | 32 | #1,258 |
| 1928 | 6,066 | #38 | 20 | #1,740 |
| 1927 | 5,554 | #46 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1926 | 4,370 | #65 | 10 | #2,833 |
| 1925 | 3,419 | #83 | — | — |
| 1924 | 2,860 | #101 | 5 | #4,736 |
| 1923 | 2,286 | #118 | — | — |
| 1922 | 1,698 | #145 | 5 | #4,714 |
| 1921 | 696 | #253 | — | — |
| 1920 | 522 | #288 | — | — |
| 1919 | 404 | #314 | — | — |
| 1918 | 245 | #422 | — | — |
| 1917 | 164 | #523 | — | — |
| 1916 | 146 | #555 | — | — |
| 1915 | 109 | #631 | — | — |
| 1914 | 75 | #675 | — | — |
| 1913 | 58 | #686 | — | — |
| 1912 | 56 | #671 | — | — |
| 1911 | 31 | #784 | — | — |
| 1910 | 18 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 1909 | 21 | #899 | — | — |
| 1908 | 25 | #782 | — | — |
| 1907 | 17 | #939 | — | — |
| 1906 | 24 | #759 | — | — |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,276 | — | — |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,788 | — | — |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,114 | — | — |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,595 | — | — |
| 1900 | 12 | #1,148 | — | — |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,759 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).