Marlan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Marlan

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,217 babies named Marlan between 1915 and 2022, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marlan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marlan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlan in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlan 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 1,217 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.