Meaning and history
Meaning unknown. The name became popular through American actor Marlon Brando (1924–2004), who was named after his father.
20062006: 509 births, rank #509
2007: 467 births, rank #551
2008: 455 births, rank #568
2009: 382 births, rank #649
2010: 411 births, rank #606
20112011: 367 births, rank #638
2012: 340 births, rank #695
2013: 327 births, rank #717
2014: 319 births, rank #743
2015: 277 births, rank #817
20162016: 284 births, rank #809
2017: 291 births, rank #792
2018: 262 births, rank #846
2019: 260 births, rank #855
2020: 217 births, rank #982
20212021: 213 births, rank #1,030
2022: 226 births, rank #992
2023: 240 births, rank #940
2024: 201 births, rank #1,082
20252025: 195 births, rank #1,097
Marlon rose from #992 to #943 for boys between 2022 and 2023. Its highest annual birth count came in 1972, with 1,028 births.