Marlana

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births

Peak · girls
1978 · 169 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,838
since 1940

Marlana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marlana has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #867, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#13,2086
2024—
2023#13,4626
2022—
2021#8,97811
2020#8,40612
2019#13,7996
2018#10,5459
2017#9,94310
2016#11,7818
2015#10,14810
2014#11,9318
2013#16,5475
2012#9,10912
2011#7,43616
2010#6,38220
2009#6,81119
2008#8,52914
2007#6,09322
2006#7,48216
2005#7,89114
2004#4,28732
2003#4,80426
2002#4,07131
2001#3,25642
2000#4,18529
1999#3,63933
1998#2,69150
1997#2,97740
1996#2,55849
1995#2,73544
1994#2,18861
1993#2,32255
1992#1,87675
1991#2,13662
1990#1,95270
1989#1,85171
1988#1,76971
1987#1,49886
1986#1,34697
1985#1,48383
1984#1,53574
1983#1,55272
1982#1,41786
1981#1,40687
1980#1,51878
1979#989144
1978#867169
1977#1,088119
1976#2,66429
1975#3,40420
1974#2,17237
1973#2,75325
1972#2,27633
1971#2,42731
1970#2,45030
1969#2,29631
1968#2,09133
1967#2,07932
1966#2,35726
1965#2,53823
1964#2,15131
1963#2,48924
1962#2,53923
1961#3,06017
1960#3,51213
1959#3,25414
1958#2,58120
1957#4,5368
1956#3,49312
1955#2,97115
1954#2,59218
1953#2,51618
1952#3,37211
1951#4,3857
1950#3,42310
1949#3,6129
1948#2,97412
1947#3,44810
1946#3,03411
1945#3,1329
1944#3,3788
1943#4,6915
1942#2,66612
1941#4,4205
1940#3,8636
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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Marlana! It came in at #3,863, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marlana is popular in 1978

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #1,232 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 14,181 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #853 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,592 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedINOhio: #648 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,895 girlsOHPennsylvania: #687 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,334 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,211 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 12,777 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMOKentucky: #331 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,389 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedWVVirginia: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,977 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedNMKansas: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,239 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedARTennessee: #621 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,573 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #721 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,474 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,410 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #771 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,503 girlsLAMississippi: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,556 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedALGeorgia: #766 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,450 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marlana, so not publishedHITexas: #1,106 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 11,488 girlsTXFlorida: #759 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,289 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#331 · 1 in 2,389
  2. Kansas#348 · 1 in 2,239
  3. Mississippi#446 · 1 in 2,556
  4. Virginia#489 · 1 in 3,977
  5. South Carolina#505 · 1 in 3,410

Best ever in a state: #272 in West Virginia, 1979.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#331101 in 2,389
Kansas#34861 in 2,239
Mississippi#44661 in 2,556
Virginia#48971 in 3,977
South Carolina#50551 in 3,410
Tennessee#62151 in 5,573
Ohio#648101 in 6,895
Pennsylvania#68791 in 7,334
North Carolina#72151 in 6,474
Florida#75971 in 6,289
Georgia#76651 in 6,450
Louisiana#77151 in 5,503
Michigan#85361 in 9,592
Texas#1,10691 in 11,488
California#1,211121 in 12,777
Illinois#1,23251 in 14,181
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marlana
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 4,802 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #13,208)
  • 3,060 spots since 2015 (#10,148 → #13,208)
  • Biggest jump: 221 spots in 1978 (#1,088 → #867)
  • Biggest drop: 529 spots in 1980 (#989 → #1,518)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1978 at #867 (169 births)
  • Births halved by 1980, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1978–1979
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,064
  • Highest: 1 in 9,064 girls born in 1978 were named Marlana (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 28.4% of all girls named Marlana (805) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s87#2,666 (1942)#3,522
1950s133#2,516 (1953)#3,312
1960s253#2,079 (1967)#2,511
1970s637#867 (1978)#2,109
1980s805#1,346 (1986)#1,538
1990s539#1,876 (1992)#2,507
2000s245#3,256 (2001)#5,741
2010s104#6,382 (2010)#10,762
2020s35#8,406 (2020)#11,014

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marlana in 1978

girls
#867
169 births · 1 in 9,064 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #867Marlana169
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 9,064 of them was named Marlana, which outranked 92.4% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlana
  1. #858Thelma171
  2. #865Chana170
  3. #865Karie170
  4. #867Marlana169
  5. #867Carie169
  6. #867Consuelo169
  7. #867Dianne169
  8. #873Keli168
  9. #873Rosanna168
  10. #873Sandi168

Tied with 5 names at #867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,240Aja#4,652 → #412
  2. ↑ 1,987Kiley#2,606 → #619
  3. ↑ 1,951Kylee#2,838 → #887
  4. ↑ 1,785Winter#2,780 → #995
  5. ↑ 1,620Kylie#2,026 → #406
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Shalon#868 → #1,781
  2. ↓ 760Farah#854 → #1,614
  3. ↓ 519Tennille#462 → #981
  4. ↓ 398Shawnte#740 → #1,138
  5. ↓ 362Farrah#177 → #539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978 →