Marlan
Marlan is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 194127 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,217people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,217 boys have been named Marlan in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1941, with 27 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 27 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1970s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Marlan | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 18 | |
| 1920s | 119 | |
| 1930s | 172 | |
| 1940s | 156 | |
| 1950s | 173 | |
| 1960s | 155 | |
| 1970s | 178 | |
| 1980s | 60 | |
| 1990s | 85 | |
| 2000s | 57 | |
| 2010s | 28 | |
| 2020s | 16 |
In 1941, its biggest year
Marlan was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1941 were James, Robert, John, William and Richard. See all of 1941.
Names that rose and fell with Marlan
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Derrelpeak 1988
- Lyndellpeak 1942
- Duwaynepeak 1960
- Dwainepeak 1959
- Sherwinpeak 1935
- Kenithpeak 1963
- Nielpeak 1958
- Duanepeak 1959
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.