Maralyn

Girl · recorded 1917–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Maralyn.

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Its story

Popularity since 1917

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 64 recorded years as a table
Maralyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19178
19185
192010
19219
19229
192314
192417
192531
192624
192719
192826
192932
193024
193129
193232
193344
193440
193536
193648
193743
193858
193936
194040
194126
194232
194325
194429
194520
194621
194715
194812
194919
195015
195115
195212
195310
195411
195510
19566
19575
19587
19593
19603
19615
19624
19633
19645
19653
19665
19694
19774
19793
19893
19963
20033
20073
20086
20114
20137
20143
20163
20183
20194
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Maralyn isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1917
1,319

Maralyn was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 58 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Maralyn doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.