Given name
Marylyn
In English use, Marylyn is used as a spelling variant of Marilyn.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In English use, Marylyn is used as a spelling variant of Marilyn.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marylyn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,336
- 0 boys · 3,336 girls
- Most popular year
- 1936
- 238 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,716 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,716 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 238 in 1936. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,979 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marylyn’s family of names
Marylyn has an alternative spelling in Marilyn. In English usage, Marylyn has a related form in Marilyn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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