MARILYN is ranked as the 127th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 497,417.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 156.0 people named MARILYN for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named MARILYN is 264,457.
The SSA data also shows that MARILYN is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
MARILYN is
80.6% White,
4.7% Hispanic origin,
11.3% Black,
1.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name MARILYN have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name MARILYN is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English feminine given name
Feminine given name
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name MARILYN
The state with the most people named
MARILYN is
California where
60,362 people have this name.
Iowa is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named MARILYN, as
282.94 in every 100,000
Iowans
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Florida.
Iowa is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Maryland
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
1 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name MARILYN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
23,555
182.87
99.8%
Indiana
12,512
189.66
99.6%
Iowa
8,791
282.94
99.8%
Kansas
6,357
218.91
99.4%
Michigan
20,814
210.03
99.9%
Minnesota
11,366
208.28
99.7%
Missouri
3,430
114.57
99.1%
Nebraska
4,481
238.15
99.2%
North Dakota
1,319
178.34
97.8%
Ohio
22,643
195.3
99.7%
South Dakota
1,919
224.91
98.4%
Wisconsin
11,519
200.07
99.7%
West States
State stats for the first name MARILYN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
988
134.04
96.8%
Arizona
11,540
171.44
99.6%
California
60,362
155.56
99.9%
Colorado
8,239
153.83
99.5%
Hawaii
1,427
100.51
98.9%
Idaho
2,616
160.03
98.8%
Montana
2,079
203.09
98.5%
Nevada
4,063
143.1
99.3%
New Mexico
2,827
135.54
98.7%
Oregon
7,474
188.26
99.5%
Utah
4,944
168
99.2%
Washington
13,805
195.5
99.8%
Wyoming
979
167.61
97.5%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name MARILYN
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
3,799
105.63
99.2%
Maine
1,294
97.26
97.2%
Massachusetts
7,699
114.14
99.4%
New Hampshire
1,392
104.93
97.7%
New Jersey
9,715
108.7
99.6%
New York
33,581
170.06
99.9%
Pennsylvania
14,313
111.94
99.6%
Rhode Island
1,039
98.47
97.7%
Vermont
909
145.15
98.2%
South States
State stats for the first name MARILYN
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have MARILYN as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named MARILYN.
The most popular full name is MARILYN Smith.
0.84% of all the people named MARILYN
have this family name.
There are 38161 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name MARILYN