Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Marylynn isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marylynn through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,176
- 0 boys · 2,176 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #7,024 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −13%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,024 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 12.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,924 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.
Marylynn’s family of names
Marylynn has a related form in Marilyn.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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