Marilyne
Marilyne is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
- French
Meaning & Origin of Marilyne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Marilyne is a name with a single cultural origin: French.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
The Story of Marilyne
American parents first put Marilyne on the record books as a baby girl name in 1922, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1936, when 18 Marilynes were born — ranking #1,801 that year. About 36% of every Marilyne on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. Marilyne last appeared in the published SSA data in 1991, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 329 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Marilyne
Marilyne is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1922 and has accumulated 329 births in the dataset. Marilyne's peak popularity came in 1936 when it ranked #1,801. Use the chart and map above to compare Marilyne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.