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How popular is “Marlyn” in the USA?

Number of people named “Marlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Marlyn” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Marlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Marlyn” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Marlyn” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Marlyn” by birth year

This chart shows how “Marlyn” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1913 7 0.000006156 7 -100%
1914 6 0.000004236 6 -100%
1915 27 0.000014735 11 16 -19%
1916 19 0.000009822 6 13 -37%
1917 24 0.00001196 8 16 -33%
1918 28 0.000012897 15 13 7%
1919 29 0.000013742 16 13 10%
1920 36 0.000015911 14 22 -22%
1921 45 0.000019276 17 28 -24%
1922 70 0.000030579 28 42 -20%
1923 81 0.000035179 47 34 16%
1924 96 0.000040309 46 50 -4%
1925 114 0.000048858 65 49 14%
1926 140 0.000060978 80 60 14%
1927 115 0.000049583 63 52 10%
1928 135 0.00005971 78 57 16%
1929 146 0.000066601 78 68 7%
1930 168 0.000075564 87 81 4%
1931 216 0.000102643 130 86 20%
1932 212 0.000100412 134 78 26%
1933 242 0.000121033 156 86 29%
1934 230 0.000110746 146 84 27%
1935 278 0.000133021 184 94 32%
1936 271 0.00013044 193 78 42%
1937 265 0.000124374 183 82 38%
1938 240 0.000108471 158 82 32%
1939 189 0.000085775 121 68 28%
1940 195 0.000084684 140 55 44%
1941 146 0.000059924 109 37 49%
1942 172 0.000062962 130 42 51%
1943 178 0.000063063 138 40 55%
1944 142 0.000052787 110 32 55%
1945 119 0.000044856 78 41 31%
1946 151 0.000047257 109 42 44%
1947 136 0.000037753 107 29 57%
1948 97 0.000028095 76 21 57%
1949 95 0.000027261 67 28 41%
1950 116 0.000033111 88 28 52%
1951 98 0.000026603 75 23 53%
1952 97 0.00002554 74 23 53%
1953 101 0.000026209 79 22 56%
1954 99 0.00002487 75 24 52%
1955 98 0.000024408 70 28 43%
1956 93 0.000022556 75 18 61%
1957 73 0.000017372 48 25 32%
1958 62 0.000014998 40 22 29%
1959 80 0.00001924 58 22 45%
1960 48 0.000011556 37 11 54%
1961 74 0.000017864 58 16 57%
1962 67 0.000016603 54 13 61%
1963 71 0.000017937 59 12 66%
1964 58 0.000014919 50 8 72%
1965 50 0.000013791 38 12 52%
1966 51 0.000014673 41 10 61%
1967 49 0.000014433 42 7 71%
1968 41 0.000012136 34 7 66%
1969 40 0.00001151 35 5 75%
1970 49 0.000013587 41 8 67%
1971 58 0.000016898 51 7 76%
1972 37 0.000011772 29 8 57%
1973 36 0.000011933 26 10 44%
1974 23 0.000007566 18 5 57%
1975 33 0.000010929 25 8 52%
1976 30 0.000009887 23 7 53%
1977 33 0.000010389 25 8 52%
1978 16 0.000005041 16 100%
1979 48 0.000014427 36 12 50%
1980 36 0.000010451 36 100%
1981 29 0.000008383 24 5 66%
1982 43 0.000012258 36 7 67%
1983 37 0.000010683 31 6 68%
1984 41 0.000011752 36 5 76%
1985 39 0.000010927 39 100%
1986 53 0.0000149 53 100%
1987 64 0.00001775 59 5 84%
1988 49 0.000013261 38 11 55%
1989 56 0.000014566 56 100%
1990 71 0.000017963 65 6 83%
1991 88 0.000022592 78 10 77%
1992 58 0.000015099 53 5 83%
1993 66 0.000017505 60 6 82%
1994 61 0.000016408 61 100%
1995 62 0.00001693 62 100%
1996 60 0.000016451 60 100%
1997 74 0.00002041 74 100%
1998 63 0.000017128 58 5 84%
1999 58 0.000015702 48 10 66%
2000 56 0.000014815 47 9 68%
2001 55 0.000014693 55 100%
2002 62 0.000016585 55 7 77%
2003 67 0.000017621 62 5 85%
2004 80 0.000020937 72 8 80%
2005 71 0.000018466 66 5 86%
2006 76 0.00001921 71 5 87%
2007 86 0.000021512 77 9 79%
2008 54 0.000013738 54 100%
2009 82 0.000021465 73 9 78%
2010 61 0.000016505 61 100%
2011 51 0.000013943 51 100%
2012 94 0.000025702 82 12 74%
2013 64 0.000017555 64 100%
2014 59 0.000015919 59 100%
2015 47 0.0000127 42 5 79%
2016 38 0.000010358 38 100%
2017 29 0.000008109 24 5 66%
2018 22 0.000006257 22 100%
2019 19 0.000005474 19 100%
2020 35 0.000010477 30 5 71%
2021 24 0.000007084 24 100%
2022 21 0.000006207 21 100%
2023 21 0.000006342 21 100%
2024 19 0.000005708 19 100%

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