Marlyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Marlyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
Where does Marlyn come from?
Modern: variant of Marilyn or Marlene
Is Marlyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Marlyn, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 1936, with 193 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Marlyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1920, 39% of the babies named Marlyn in the US were girls. By 2020 it was 86%, with more girls than boys since 1925.
Marlyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 21 | #5,747 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 24 | #5,233 |
| 2020 | 30 | #4,451 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 22 | #5,615 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,886 |
| 2013 | 64 | #2,705 |
| 2012 | 82 | #2,286 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,221 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 73 | #2,547 |
| 2008 | 54 | #3,119 |
| 2007 | 77 | #2,433 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 66 | #2,576 |
| 2004 | 72 | #2,367 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 55 | #2,696 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,970 |
| 1999 | 48 | #2,809 |
| 1998 | 58 | #2,395 |
| 1997 | 74 | #1,942 |
| 1996 | 60 | #2,226 |
| 1995 | 62 | #2,150 |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,183 |
| 1993 | 60 | #2,190 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 78 | #1,812 |
| 1990 | 65 | #2,048 |
| 1989 | 56 | #2,164 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 59 | #1,917 |
| 1986 | 53 | #2,024 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 36 | #2,573 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 36 | #2,603 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 25 | #3,082 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 51 | #1,754 |
| 1970 | 41 | #2,017 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,783 |
| 1966 | 41 | #1,766 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,854 |
| 1964 | 50 | #1,610 |
| 1963 | 59 | #1,449 |
| 1962 | 54 | #1,524 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,854 |
| 1959 | 58 | #1,406 |
| 1958 | 40 | #1,702 |
| 1957 | 48 | #1,549 |
| 1956 | 75 | #1,203 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,196 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 79 | #1,081 |
| 1952 | 74 | #1,095 |
| 1951 | 75 | #1,067 |
| 1950 | 88 | #958 |
| 1949 | 67 | #1,103 |
| 1948 | 76 | #1,000 |
| 1947 | 107 | #847 |
| 1946 | 109 | #786 |
| 1945 | 78 | #850 |
| 1944 | 110 | #718 |
| 1943 | 138 | #646 |
| 1942 | 130 | #656 |
| 1941 | 109 | #674 |
| 1940 | 140 | #588 |
| 1939 | 121 | #614 |
| 1938 | 158 | #541 |
| 1937 | 183 | #483 |
| 1936 | 193 | #462 |
| 1935 | 184 | #469 |
| 1934 | 146 | #536 |
| 1933 | 156 | #510 |
| 1932 | 134 | #564 |
| 1931 | 130 | #578 |
| 1930 | 87 | #749 |
| 1929 | 78 | #798 |
| 1928 | 78 | #816 |
| 1927 | 63 | #955 |
| 1926 | 80 | #814 |
| 1925 | 65 | #923 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,151 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,111 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 17 | #2,195 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,156 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,342 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,525 |
Names like Marlyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marilyn, Jocelyn, Gwendolyn, Jolene, Madelyn, Elaine, Maxine, Audrey, Jacqueline, Rosalyn, Michelle, Judith
Names related to Marlyn
Marlene, Marlin, Marlena, Marlen, Marilynn, Marleny, Marelyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marlyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlyn, updated 20 October 2026.