Marlon
Marlon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 200 births. Its best rank was 217th, in 1972.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 2000.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19721,028 births
- Best rank
- #217in 1972
- Since 1914
- 30,759people given the name
The story in the numbers
30,759 boys have been named Marlon in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1972, with 1,028 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1970s alone account for 23%. It has spent 73 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marlon | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 42 | |
| 1920s | 195 | |
| 1930s | 245 | |
| 1940s | 303 | |
| 1950s | 2,226 | |
| 1960s | 2,802 | |
| 1970s | 7,068 | |
| 1980s | 4,528 | |
| 1990s | 4,550 | |
| 2000s | 4,567 | |
| 2010s | 3,138 | |
| 2020s | 1,095 |
In 1972, its biggest year
Marlon was the 217th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1972 were Michael, Christopher, James, David and John. See all of 1972.
Names that rose and fell with Marlon
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jimipeak 1971
- Demetriospeak 1974
- Torrencepeak 1973
- Brantpeak 1970
- Jobypeak 1977
- Iranpeak 1978
- Dawaynepeak 1977
- Damonepeak 1974
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.