Marylin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-ih-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Marylin is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “Mary + lake”. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Marylin mean?
Modern: spelling of Marilyn, a blend of Mary and Lynn
“Mary + lake”
A spelling of Marilyn, a 20th-century blend of Mary and Lynn.
Is Marylin a girl's or a boy's name?
Marylin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marylin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,858th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Marylin, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1943, with 122 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the girls named Marylin in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1973, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Marylin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Marylin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 25 | #5,161 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 32 | #4,570 |
| 2008 | 34 | #4,447 |
| 2007 | 24 | #5,706 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 33 | #4,191 |
| 2004 | 31 | #4,383 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 25 | #4,683 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 24 | #4,571 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 26 | #4,122 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 23 | #4,371 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 15 | #4,459 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 35 | #2,240 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,868 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,452 |
| 1965 | 30 | #2,154 |
| 1964 | 42 | #1,802 |
| 1963 | 40 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 44 | #1,719 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 42 | #1,694 |
| 1958 | 47 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,490 |
| 1956 | 59 | #1,350 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,196 |
| 1954 | 82 | #1,085 |
| 1953 | 71 | #1,145 |
| 1952 | 59 | #1,235 |
| 1951 | 63 | #1,176 |
| 1950 | 77 | #1,040 |
| 1949 | 74 | #1,037 |
| 1948 | 85 | #938 |
| 1947 | 107 | #847 |
| 1946 | 92 | #863 |
| 1945 | 76 | #863 |
| 1944 | 99 | #768 |
| 1943 | 122 | #687 |
| 1942 | 85 | #829 |
| 1941 | 108 | #676 |
| 1940 | 96 | #712 |
| 1939 | 115 | #633 |
| 1938 | 100 | #687 |
| 1937 | 118 | #624 |
| 1936 | 117 | #606 |
| 1935 | 80 | #758 |
| 1934 | 96 | #680 |
| 1933 | 98 | #663 |
| 1932 | 108 | #643 |
| 1931 | 78 | #758 |
| 1930 | 71 | #847 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,137 |
| 1928 | 44 | #1,147 |
| 1927 | 43 | #1,172 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,540 |
| 1925 | 35 | #1,347 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 26 | #1,637 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
Names like Marylin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marilyn, Gwendolyn, Jacqueline, Rosemary, Robin, Gloria, Madelyn, Beverly, Jolene, Elaine, Marlene, Valerie
Other spellings of Marylin
Names related to Marylin
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, “Marylin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marylin, updated 20 October 2026.