Masculine dossier · first seen 1915

Marlan

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1941

Peak era

1941

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1915Peak 19412024

Peak year

1941

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

1,217

Marlan is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1941, when 27 boys were named Marlan.

No boys were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 1,217 Americans have been named Marlan and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1915.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1941

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