Marlon
Boy · MAR-lon
Marlon is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,102nd for boys in the UK (29 babies) and 1,097th for boys in the US (195 babies).
What does Marlon mean?
Of uncertain origin; made famous by the actor Marlon Brando, who was named after his father.
- Say it
- MAR-lon
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Is Marlon a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the UK and 195 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlon in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,102among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 10,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the UK were named Marlon, making it the 1,102nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 44 boys.
2025 had more boys named Marlon than any year since 1997.
Half of all the boys named Marlon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Marlon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #1,102 for this spelling alone.
- Marlon 29
- Marlin 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,035th in England and Wales.
Marlon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #1,102 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,422 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,230 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,490 |
| 2016 | 23 | #1,268 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 17 | #1,493 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 25 | #1,125 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,210 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,172 |
| 2006 | 17 | #1,302 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 25 | #921 |
| 2003 | 22 | #953 |
| 2002 | 16 | #1,109 |
| 2001 | 24 | #796 |
| 2000 | 25 | #763 |
| 1999 | 17 | #959 |
| 1998 | 28 | #688 |
| 1997 | 44 | #486 |
| 1996 | 26 | #662 |
How popular is Marlon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,097among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were named Marlon, making it the 1,097th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 982nd. Its busiest year was 1972, with 1,028 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer boys named Marlon than any year since 1953.
Half of all the boys named Marlon in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 290 boys in the US were given Marlon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #787, up from #1,097 for this spelling alone.
Marlon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 201 | #1,082 |
| 2023 | 240 | #940 |
| 2022 | 226 | #992 |
| 2021 | 213 | #1,030 |
| 2020 | 217 | #982 |
| 2019 | 260 | #855 |
| 2018 | 262 | #846 |
| 2017 | 291 | #792 |
| 2016 | 284 | #809 |
| 2015 | 277 | #817 |
| 2014 | 319 | #743 |
| 2013 | 327 | #717 |
| 2012 | 340 | #695 |
| 2011 | 367 | #638 |
| 2010 | 411 | #606 |
| 2009 | 382 | #649 |
| 2008 | 455 | #568 |
| 2007 | 467 | #551 |
| 2006 | 509 | #509 |
| 2005 | 479 | #514 |
| 2004 | 460 | #521 |
| 2003 | 462 | #519 |
| 2002 | 447 | #510 |
| 2001 | 454 | #501 |
| 2000 | 452 | #507 |
| 1999 | 437 | #497 |
| 1998 | 442 | #492 |
| 1997 | 479 | #462 |
| 1996 | 466 | #469 |
| 1995 | 444 | #487 |
| 1994 | 445 | #479 |
| 1993 | 436 | #482 |
| 1992 | 452 | #475 |
| 1991 | 481 | #449 |
| 1990 | 469 | #456 |
| 1989 | 413 | #463 |
| 1988 | 488 | #406 |
| 1987 | 415 | #431 |
| 1986 | 402 | #432 |
| 1985 | 509 | #361 |
| 1984 | 476 | #370 |
| 1983 | 401 | #407 |
| 1982 | 457 | #378 |
| 1981 | 429 | #391 |
| 1980 | 538 | #343 |
| 1979 | 591 | #319 |
| 1978 | 530 | #330 |
| 1977 | 651 | #297 |
| 1976 | 743 | #263 |
| 1975 | 639 | #297 |
| 1974 | 756 | #256 |
| 1973 | 904 | #233 |
| 1972 | 1,028 | #217 |
| 1971 | 766 | #276 |
| 1970 | 458 | #378 |
| 1969 | 231 | #512 |
| 1968 | 235 | #493 |
| 1967 | 311 | #430 |
| 1966 | 259 | #476 |
| 1965 | 261 | #480 |
| 1964 | 267 | #482 |
| 1963 | 350 | #428 |
| 1962 | 290 | #468 |
| 1961 | 303 | #465 |
| 1960 | 296 | #462 |
| 1959 | 269 | #477 |
| 1958 | 345 | #424 |
| 1957 | 293 | #449 |
| 1956 | 365 | #394 |
| 1955 | 449 | #343 |
| 1954 | 203 | #508 |
| 1953 | 84 | #773 |
| 1952 | 98 | #708 |
| 1951 | 68 | #846 |
| 1950 | 52 | #959 |
| 1949 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,203 |
| 1944 | 22 | #1,437 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,258 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,323 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,521 |
| 1937 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,394 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,559 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,339 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,480 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,692 |
| 1926 | 16 | #1,981 |
| 1925 | 21 | #1,678 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,628 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 10 | #2,800 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 23 | #1,592 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,876 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,925 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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