Marlyn

Girl · recorded 1915–2025

  • #5,554in 2025
  • 1 in 73,057girls in 2025
  • −42%last ten years

Most popular in 1936.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

09318619151943197019982025

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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 111 recorded years as a table
Marlyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
191511
19166
19177
191813
191914
192012
192114
192223
192339
192437
192553
192667
192753
192868
192970
193077
1931122
1932126
1933155
1934140
1935175
1936186
1937172
1938143
1939110
1940122
194190
194296
194399
194483
194560
194669
194760
194845
194939
195051
195142
195240
195342
195439
195536
195637
195723
195820
195929
196018
196129
196227
196331
196426
196522
196624
196725
196821
196921
197023
197131
197219
197318
197412
197517
197616
197716
197810
197922
198022
198114
198221
198319
198421
198523
198631
198734
198821
198930
199034
199142
199229
199333
199434
199535
199634
199743
199833
199927
200026
200131
200231
200334
200439
200536
200637
200740
200829
200940
201034
201129
201247
201336
201433
201524
201621
201714
201813
201911
202019
202115
202213
202313
202412
202514

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marlyn 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
22
Rank in 2025
#5,554
How rare
1 in 73,057 girls
Since 1915
6,806

Most popular in 1936, at 186 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 42% per million girls born.

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