# Marlon (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlon/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marllon |
| US babies named this | 31,292 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 30,956 / 336 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 635, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 13 | 5,293 |
| 1980 | 6 | 9,838 |
| 1981 | 9 | 7,145 |
| 1982 | 5 | 11,584 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,755 |
| 1985 | 9 | 7,334 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,503 |
| 1988 | 8 | 8,900 |
| 1989 | 7 | 10,416 |
| 1990 | 8 | 9,821 |
| 1992 | 6 | 12,751 |
| 1993 | 5 | 14,898 |
| 1995 | 6 | 12,753 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,233 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,340 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 367 | 638 |
| 2012 | 340 | 699 |
| 2013 | 327 | 719 |
| 2014 | 319 | 745 |
| 2015 | 277 | 819 |
| 2016 | 284 | 813 |
| 2017 | 291 | 793 |
| 2018 | 262 | 848 |
| 2019 | 260 | 856 |
| 2020 | 217 | 984 |
| 2021 | 213 | 1,030 |
| 2022 | 226 | 992 |
| 2023 | 240 | 943 |
| 2024 | 201 | 1,086 |
| 2025 | 195 | 1,105 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,045 |
| 2012 | 21 | 1,229 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,327 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,533 |
| 2019 | 22 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 29 | 1,035 |

## People named Marlon

- Marlon Brando, American actor (1924–2004)
- Marlon Wayans, American actor, screenwriter, and film producer
- Marlon Jackson, American singer and member of The Jackson 5
- Marlon Harewood, British footballer (born 1979)
- Marlon, Brazilian footballer (born September 1995)
- Marlon Devonish, English sprint athlete
- Marlon Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
- Marlon de Souza Lopes, Brazilian association football player
- Marlon Teixeira, Brazilian model
- Marlon Roudette, English singer and songwriter
- Marlon Freitas, Brazilian footballer
- Marlon Pérez Arango, Colombian cyclist (1976–2024)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.