Marilyn: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced MAR-ih-lin · 3 syllables

A twentieth-century blend of Mary and Lynn.

How popular is Marilyn?

Marilyn was the #760 name in the US in 2025, given to 356 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 44% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1930.

Babies named Marilyn in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1930).

Country	Rank
United States	#760
Australia	#974

Half of US adults named Marilyn are older than 73; most are between 33 and 90. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Marilyn have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Marilyn is pronounced MAR-ih-lin.

Marilyn was the #760 name in the US in 2025, given to 356 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 44% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1930.

Half of US adults named Marilyn are older than 73. Most are between 33 and 90.