The name Marlon is of English origin, and its meaning is unknown.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Marlon has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Marlon
Use of the Name Marlon for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
23,417
22,904
11,330
4,533
2,267
914
454
The table below indicates the number of times the name Marlon has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Marlon first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1950, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Marlon
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1950
952
53
1951
856
67
1952
704
100
1953
764
86
1954
503
207
1955
344
445
1956
398
360
1957
448
296
1958
421
348
1959
483
263
1960
462
295
1961
464
303
1962
466
290
1963
428
349
1964
483
265
1965
481
262
1966
477
259
1967
431
311
1968
493
236
1969
513
230
1970
379
457
1971
277
765
1972
218
1,029
1973
232
904
1974
256
756
1975
297
640
1976
263
743
1977
297
649
1978
330
531
1979
319
588
1980
342
538
1981
391
427
1982
379
456
1983
407
402
1984
370
474
1985
359
509
1986
432
400
1987
433
414
1988
407
488
1989
464
411
1990
458
466
1991
449
480
1992
474
452
1993
481
435
1994
479
445
1995
485
445
1996
472
464
1997
459
479
1998
494
442
1999
498
436
2000
505
452
2001
500
454
2002
511
447
2003
518
460
2004
521
454
Totals:
23,417
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Marlon as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Marlon appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 55 times during the last 125 years.