NameTides

Marilyn

Marilyn was the #760 girls' name in the US in 2025 (356 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Marilyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Marilyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marilyn as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#760 (356)#1,719 (17)———#1,315 (19)—
2024#665 (436)#1,541 (20)———#1,348 (18)—
2023#743 (378)#2,063 (13)——#856 (3)#1,419 (16)—
2022#697 (423)#2,674 (9)———#1,482 (15)—
2021#704 (409)#1,692 (17)———#1,381 (17)—
2020#634 (457)#2,300 (11)———#996 (26)—
2019#634 (467)#2,040 (13)———#1,283 (19)—
2018#606 (498)#2,674 (9)——#629 (5)#1,031 (25)—
2017#529 (585)#2,502 (10)——#873 (3)#1,333 (18)—
2016#490 (634)#2,367 (11)———#831 (33)—
2015#426 (748)#1,549 (20)—#426 (3)#896 (3)#1,080 (23)—
2014#404 (798)#1,628 (18)———#847 (32)—
2013#373 (837)#1,707 (17)———#1,057 (24)—
2012#421 (744)#2,521 (10)———#1,695 (13)—
2011#544 (535)#2,150 (12)———#1,672 (13)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1936 at #13.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1899.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,500 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marilyn is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,300 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,700 to 1 in 5,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marilyn by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #1,210MINew York: #758NYMassachusetts: #682MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #592OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #939NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #628CAUtah: #704UTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #704VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #645TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #581GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #780TXFlorida: #1,243FL
Marilyn (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,2848

Marilyn (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarilynCanadaGirls#1,31519
MarilynEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
MarilynIrelandGirls—too few
MarilynNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarilynNSWGirls—too few
MarilynScotlandGirls—too few
MarilynUSGirls#760356
MarilynUSBoys—too few