girls:
6.8k births since 1915
#1999 (65th percentile)
boys:
2.3k births since 1913
#2629 (43rd percentile)
overall:
9.1k births since 1913
#2835 (63rd percentile)
The name Marlyn is the #2,835 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,070 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 63.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,999 (65.0% percentile) for all time with 6,764 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #2,629 (42.6% percentile) for all time with 2,306 births since 1913.
Marlyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1915 for girls).
The name Marlyn has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Marlyn were girls. Interestingly, until around 1926, the name was more popular for boys (53.1% boys from 1913 to 1925), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.5% girls from 1926 to 2023).
For girls, Marlyn reached its peak popularity in 1936, achieving the 31.2% percentile (ranked #392) with 179 births per million. The name was most common in 1936, with 179 births per million (ranked 31.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marlyn ranks #931 for girls (1.7% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 6.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marlyn reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 17.3% percentile (ranked #427) with 88 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 88 births per million (ranked 17.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2020.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marlyn".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marlyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Marlyn is pronounced as MAHR-lihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-luhn, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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