Marylyn

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US: ~1,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank: #11,932 among girls
Births in 2025: 7 3,336 since 1880
Typical age: 73 years, median

Marylyn popularity over time

Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1910–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Marylyn was used most in 1936, when 238 babies were given the name. The name does not appear in the data until 1910. It reaches the top 1,000 in 18 years of the record.

The 2025 position is #11,932, on 7 births.

Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Marylyn?

About 1,900 people named Marylyn are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 3,336 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Marylyn?

Median age among living Marylyns: 73. Most living bearers were born in the 1940s. By the site’s era rules that makes Marylyn a mid-century name.

Your Marylyn

Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

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