Marylyn
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-uh-lin
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Marylyn is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Marylyn mean?
Modern: variant of Marilyn, a blend of Mary and Lynn
A variant of Marilyn, a blend of Mary and Lynn, best known from the actress Marilyn Monroe.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marylyn a girl's or a boy's name?
Marylyn is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marylyn in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Marylyn, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1936, with 238 girls. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the girls named Marylyn in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Marylyn or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
Marylyn in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 13 | #4,591 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,373 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,768 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 21 | #2,683 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,914 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,431 |
| 1959 | 26 | #2,233 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | 22 | #2,415 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,759 |
| 1955 | 33 | #1,838 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,539 |
| 1953 | 55 | #1,311 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 41 | #1,461 |
| 1950 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,134 |
| 1948 | 60 | #1,156 |
| 1947 | 95 | #908 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 66 | #941 |
| 1944 | 85 | #827 |
| 1943 | 93 | #798 |
| 1942 | 92 | #794 |
| 1941 | 70 | #871 |
| 1940 | 79 | #795 |
| 1939 | 93 | #705 |
| 1938 | 93 | #710 |
| 1937 | 129 | #592 |
| 1936 | 238 | #418 |
| 1935 | 80 | #758 |
| 1934 | 80 | #746 |
| 1933 | 96 | #666 |
| 1932 | 98 | #686 |
| 1931 | 55 | #931 |
| 1930 | 59 | #949 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,137 |
| 1928 | 49 | #1,069 |
| 1927 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1926 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1925 | 26 | #1,646 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,206 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,158 |
| 1922 | 21 | #1,897 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,217 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,243 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
Names like Marylyn
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marilyn, Gwendolyn, Carolyn, Evelyn, Margaret, Maxine, Rosalyn, Rosemary, Beverly, Elaine, Vivian, Marian
Other spellings of Marylyn
Names related to Marylyn
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, “Marylyn: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marylyn, updated 20 October 2026.