Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Marlyn

Gender

Male

Origin

Hebrew
Of Magdala

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Marlyn

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1935 (rank #598, 94 births); most recent 2020 (rank #12015, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1936 (rank #462, 193 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5554, 22 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–22
2024–19
2023–21
2022–21
2021–24
2020530
2019–19
2018–22
2017524
2016–38

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1957 (rank #1467, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1975 (rank #406, 5 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
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Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 1974 (rank #311, 8 births); most recent 1983 (rank #512, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
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Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1940 (rank #199, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence