The baby name Marlyn appears in baby name data for the United States from 1915 to 2023. It was most popular in 1936 with 178 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Marlyn has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1915 | 6 |
| 1920 | 27 |
| 1921 | 25 |
| 1922 | 15 |
| 1922 | 32 |
| 1923 | 27 |
| 1923 | 11 |
| 1924 | 37 |
| 1924 | 43 |
| 1925 | 43 |
| 1925 | 42 |
| 1926 | 60 |
| 1926 | 48 |
| 1927 | 35 |
| 1927 | 48 |
| 1928 | 34 |
| 1928 | 58 |
| 1929 | 54 |
| 1929 | 87 |
| 1930 | 41 |
| 1930 | 90 |
| 1931 | 118 |
| 1931 | 122 |
| 1932 | 105 |
| 1932 | 75 |
| 1933 | 136 |
| 1933 | 92 |
| 1934 | 115 |
| 1934 | 101 |
| 1935 | 158 |
| 1935 | 93 |
| 1936 | 178 |
| 1936 | 92 |
| 1937 | 134 |
| 1937 | 74 |
| 1938 | 128 |
| 1938 | 78 |
| 1939 | 68 |
| 1939 | 40 |
| 1940 | 86 |
| 1940 | 24 |
| 1941 | 67 |
| 1941 | 25 |
| 1942 | 83 |
| 1942 | 36 |
| 1943 | 83 |
| 1943 | 27 |
| 1944 | 57 |
| 1944 | 30 |
| 1945 | 25 |
| 1945 | 27 |
| 1946 | 74 |
| 1946 | 45 |
| 1947 | 58 |
| 1947 | 28 |
| 1948 | 17 |
| 1949 | 23 |
| 1949 | 8 |
| 1950 | 36 |
| 1950 | 15 |
| 1951 | 24 |
| 1952 | 40 |
| 1952 | 5 |
| 1953 | 41 |
| 1953 | 21 |
| 1954 | 19 |
| 1955 | 7 |
| 1955 | 18 |
| 1956 | 15 |
| 1957 | 17 |
| 1959 | 21 |
| 1960 | 12 |
| 1961 | 17 |
| 1962 | 11 |
| 1963 | 9 |
| 1964 | 21 |
| 1967 | 12 |
| 1969 | 5 |
| 1970 | 14 |
| 1971 | 13 |
| 1972 | 8 |
| 1973 | 10 |
| 1975 | 6 |
| 1977 | 10 |
| 1978 | 10 |
| 1982 | 17 |
| 1983 | 7 |
| 1985 | 25 |
| 1986 | 25 |
| 1987 | 26 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 6 |
| 1995 | 20 |
| 1996 | 17 |
| 1997 | 15 |
| 1998 | 36 |
| 2001 | 5 |
| 2003 | 7 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 29 |
| 2006 | 17 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2015 | 27 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2019 | 5 |
| 2023 | 5 |