Marlon

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Primarily a boy's name · Unisex โ€” 40% girls / 60% boys

Origin: English

Meaning

Marlon is a masculine given name. According to the Oxford Dictionary of First Names, the popularity of Marlon Brando led to general awareness of the name, though the origin of the name is not known. Speculation places the name's origin in France as a derivative of Marc.

From Wikipedia

Marlon first appears in the data in 1955 and has been recorded in 59 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 42 babies (rank #362 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Marlon

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Marlon yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,090
Total babies (all years)
59
Years in the data
42
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19552#709
19562#762
19584#696
19592#815
19602#863
19613#793
19623#809
19634#752
19646#666
19658#622
196615#487
196711#556
19688#647
196915#508
197018#484
197125#399
19728#693
197318#454
197441#296
197531#336
197625#384
197724#386
197827#371
197926#383
198040#316
198138#326
198224#424
198327#392
198432#364
198535#351
198619#515
198728#425
198835#384
198935#392
199038#388
199142#362
199240#373
199341#361
199441#366
199533#416
199634#416
199730#456
199835#407
199932#441
200029#468
200123#515
200222#522
200334#415
200417#594
200526#460
200623#492
200714#615
200810#744
20099#755
20107#843
201110#718
20128#779
20138#786
201411#663