Girls' name · since 1929
Marylen
Since 1929, U.S. Social Security records show 89 babies named Marylen, peaking in 1938. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 89
- total births
- 1929–1961
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
89 girls have been named Marylen since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marylen has been recorded 89 times among girls since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1961.
- 89 total births
- 1929–1961 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 39% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marylen's 89 recorded births place it above 61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marylen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marylen splits its recorded history at 1944: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1932 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1938 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marylen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1961
- Peak year (1938)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Marylen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Marylen's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Marylen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 6
1920s
6 births
- 1930s
1930s
30 births
- 1940s
1940s
35 births
- 1950s 13
1950s
13 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 35 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Marylen's decade-level peak was the 1940s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1929–1961 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marylen: Baby Name Since 1929 - 89 Births, Peak 1938." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marylen. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marylen draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.