Maralyn
Maralyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 882nd, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193864 births
- Best rank
- #882in 1938
- Since 1917
- 1,319people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,319 girls have been named Maralyn in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1938, with 64 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 64 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1930s alone account for 32%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Maralyn | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 15 | |
| 1920s | 227 | |
| 1930s | 416 | |
| 1940s | 333 | |
| 1950s | 180 | |
| 1960s | 58 | |
| 1970s | 11 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 23 | |
| 2010s | 41 | |
| 2020s | 5 |
In 1938, its biggest year
Maralyn was the 882nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1938 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Betty and Shirley. See all of 1938.
Names that rose and fell with Maralyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marlyspeak 1937
- Arlyspeak 1933
- Beverleypeak 1938
- Gearldinepeak 1935
- Darlynepeak 1935
- Merilynpeak 1946
- Merlenepeak 1940
- Jerlinepeak 1940
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.