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Baby name
Marlon
Boy
Origin of the name
Marlon is a name of uncertain origin. The actor Marlon Brando made it famous.
Classic name
30,956births since 1880
1970sgeneration
No. 217rank at its peak, in 1972
Where babies named Marlon are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Marlon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Marlon is most common in Louisiana (2.9 times), District of Columbia (2.2) and Alabama (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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