Feminine dossier · first seen 1899

Marilyn

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marilyn
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 96.4% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

11,881

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1899Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

96.4%

2024

432

All-time

373,424

Marilyn once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 11,881 girls were named Marilyn.

In 2024, only 432 girls were given the name.

Down 96.4% from its peak.

All told, about 373,424 Americans have been named Marilyn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1899.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 96.4% from peak

194711,881 girls named Marilyn

2024432 girls named Marilyn

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