Marlon — #1085 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Marlon

The Social Security Administration has registered 30,759 babies named Marlon between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Marlon currently holds the #1085 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 1,028 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlon performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 7,068 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marlon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,168 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlon in 42 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlon 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 30,759 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.