Marylynne — girls' name
163 babies named Marylynne in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
163 girls have been named Marylynne since 1938, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 2006.
- 163
- total births
- 1938–2006
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Marylynne was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Marylynne in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marylynne
The Social Security Administration has registered 163 babies named Marylynne between 1938 and 2006, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marylynne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marylynne performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marylynne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marylynne in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marylynne 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 163 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.
Marylynne at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marylynne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1938
- Peak year (1962)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
163 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 16 births in a single year.
Marylynne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 70 births that decade — 43% of Marylynne's all-time total
Marylynne decade highlights
- Peak decade 70 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Marylynne's strongest decade
70 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Marylynne by state
Where Marylynne concentrates geographically — total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 163 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.1% 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, 1938–2006 (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.