Marolyn
Marolyn is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 908th, in 1938.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194662 births
- Best rank
- #908in 1938
- Since 1919
- 1,381people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,381 girls have been named Marolyn in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1946, with 62 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 62 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1944, and the 1940s alone account for 35%. It has spent 3 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1946, its biggest year
Marolyn was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1946 were Mary, Linda, Patricia, Barbara and Carol. See all of 1946.
Names that rose and fell with Marolyn
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Patsypeak 1941
- Barbarapeak 1947
- Joycepeak 1942
- Janycepeak 1947
- Marilynpeak 1947
- Patpeak 1941
- Beverlypeak 1953
- Merlenepeak 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.