NameTides

Marlyn

Marlyn was the #5,554 girls' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies).

Marlyn as a girl’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlyn as a girl’s name, US, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Marlyn as a girl’s name, US, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#5,554 (22)———
2024#6,167 (19)———
2023#5,752 (21)———
2022#5,793 (21)———
2021#5,237 (24)———
2020#4,453 (30)———
2019#6,176 (19)———
2018#5,619 (22)———
2017#5,338 (24)———
2016#3,923 (38)———
2015#3,650 (42)———
2014#2,888 (59)———
2013#2,706 (64)———
2012#2,286 (82)———
2011#3,222 (51)———

Marlyn as a boy’s name

  • US
Marlyn as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020
Marlyn as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
2020#12,022 (5)
2017#12,246 (5)
2015#12,086 (5)
2012#6,626 (12)
2009#8,310 (9)
2007#8,173 (9)
2006#12,055 (5)
2005#11,472 (5)
2004#8,143 (8)
2003#10,894 (5)
2002#8,456 (7)
2000#6,839 (9)
1999#6,042 (10)
1998#9,631 (5)
1993#7,638 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1936 at #462.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.
  • In 2020, 86% of US babies named Marlyn were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 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.

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlyn is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 80,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 67,000 to 1 in 95,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarlynCanadaGirls—too few
MarlynIrelandGirls—too few
MarlynScotlandGirls—too few
MarlynUSGirls#5,55422
MarlynUSBoys—too few