Holding steady.
Popularity of Marolyn since 1919
Babies named Marolyn per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1946, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Marolyn's real moment was 1938.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 |
| 1920s | 119 |
| 1930s | 380 |
| 1940s | 486 |
| 1950s | 282 |
| 1960s | 109 |
| 1970s | 0 |
| 1980s | 0 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Marolyn is a mid-century American invention that exemplifies the creative naming trends of the 1930s. First recorded in 1919, the name reached its peak popularity in 1938, a year that marked its highest usage in U.S. Social Security data. Since then, its use has remained stable but rare, never appearing in national rankings. Like many blend names of its era, Marolyn combines the enduring familiarity of Mary with the fashionable suffix -lyn, echoing the popularity of names such as Marilyn and Carolyn. While no top states are recorded for Marolyn, its style aligns with the broader preference for compound names in mid-20th-century America.
Marolyn is a twentieth-century coinage, blending the popular name Mary (ultimately from Hebrew Miryam, of debated meaning) with the suffix -lyn (from Lynn, itself from a Welsh word for 'lake'). It first appeared in U.S. records in 1919 and saw modest use, peaking in the 1930s. Such blend names were fashionable in mid-century America.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Mary, Lyn, Mari, Lynnie
Sibling names for Marolyn
Names that share Marolyn's style, for a brother or sister.
