Feminine dossier · first seen 1914

Marilynn

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

407

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1914Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

88.2%

2024

All-time

13,240

Marilynn has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 407 girls were named Marilynn.

In 2024, only 48 girls were given the name.

Down 88.2% from its peak.

All told, about 13,240 Americans have been named Marilynn and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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