How popular is the name Marilyn?

Marilyn ranks 107th among girls' names in US records, with 388,195 births since 1899. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,563.

Is Marilyn a unisex name?

No. Marilyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1947, when 12,297 children were given the name. It has been in use for 126 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#107 of girl names

Pronounced M EH1 R AH0 L AH0 N (ARPABET)

Marilyn is a girls' name, and first appears in 1899. It has been given to 388,195 children — the 107th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1947, when 12,297 children were given it.

1947Girls: 12,297Boys: 24

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marilyn?: Marilyn ranks 107th among girls' names in US records, with 388,195 births since 1899. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,563.
Is Marilyn a unisex name?: No. Marilyn is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marilyn most popular?: 1947, when 12,297 children were given the name. It has been in use for 126 years and is still recorded as of 2024.