Marlan
Boy · MAR-lon
Marlan is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Marlan mean?
Spelling of Marlon
Of uncertain origin; made famous by the actor Marlon Brando, who was named after his father.
- Say it
- MAR-lon
Meaning borrowed from Marlon. More on Wiktionary.
Is Marlan a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Marlan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1941, with 27 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the boys named Marlan in the US since 1880 were born between 1939 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 290 boys in the US were given Marlan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #787, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Marlan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,233 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 12 | #3,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 19 | #2,328 |
| 1975 | 18 | #2,360 |
| 1974 | 24 | #1,886 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,323 |
| 1971 | 26 | #1,744 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,108 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1962 | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1961 | 18 | #1,947 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,041 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 21 | #1,750 |
| 1956 | 17 | #1,944 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,825 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,546 |
| 1951 | 12 | #2,245 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,018 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,224 |
| 1948 | 14 | #2,026 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,075 |
| 1946 | 15 | #1,883 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 17 | #1,682 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,181 |
| 1942 | 18 | #1,682 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,276 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 26 | #1,313 |
| 1936 | 19 | #1,540 |
| 1935 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1934 | 22 | #1,461 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,707 |
| 1932 | 15 | #1,922 |
| 1931 | 19 | #1,643 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,316 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,230 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
Names like Marlan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Martin Marvin Franklin Melvin Warren Thomas Robert Norman Richard John William Harlan