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Marlyn

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1935 · #598
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:19 in 2024 (#6,219)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Marlyn in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1935 with 94 babies, ranked #598.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1913.
  • 2,306 boys have been named Marlyn since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Marlyn per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Gen X
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 421 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 1,191 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 415 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 114 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 84 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 15 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Wiktionary has no English entry for Marlyn yet, so we don’t show a meaning rather than guess one.

From Wiktionary’s entry for Marlyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlon

    Rank
    #1,085
    Born '24
    200
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19722024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Marlin

    Rank
    #1,938
    Born '24
    81
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19352024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Merlin

    Rank
    #2,078
    Born '24
    72
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19272024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Merlyn

    Rank
    unranked
    Born '24
    0
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19302024