Over the past 110 years, 95 boys and 368 260 girls have been named Marilyn. The name Marilyn ranks 5878th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Marilyn in 1927. The peak of popularity of the name Marilyn came in the 1930s and 1940s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.