Marilyne — girls' name
329 babies named Marilyne in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
36% of everyone ever named Marilyne was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Marilyne in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marilyne
The Social Security Administration has registered 329 babies named Marilyne between 1922 and 1991, spanning 70 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marilyne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marilyne performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 120 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marilyne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marilyne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marilyne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 329 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marilyne at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marilyne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1922
- Peak year (1936)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 70 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
329 total births across 70 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 18 births in a single year.
Marilyne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 120 births that decade — 36% of Marilyne's all-time total
Marilyne decade highlights
- Peak decade 120 births
- Runner-up 101 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Marilyne's strongest decade
120 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 36% of all-time use.
Marilyne by state
Where Marilyne concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 329 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.