Marleen
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1939 · 85 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,121since 1926
Marleen over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marleen has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 |
| 2021 | #6,967 | 16 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #7,716 | 14 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 |
| 2016 | #6,663 | 18 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 |
| 2014 | #5,310 | 25 |
| 2013 | #5,834 | 22 |
| 2012 | #4,957 | 28 |
| 2011 | #5,728 | 23 |
| 2010 | #4,974 | 28 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 |
| 2006 | #3,669 | 42 |
| 2005 | #4,581 | 29 |
| 2004 | #4,172 | 33 |
| 2003 | #4,668 | 27 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #3,983 | 31 |
| 1999 | #3,569 | 34 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 |
| 1995 | #4,217 | 24 |
| 1994 | #3,615 | 30 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #4,236 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,817 | 27 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,983 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,563 | 36 |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 |
| 1979 | #3,236 | 25 |
| 1978 | #2,859 | 28 |
| 1977 | #2,557 | 33 |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,433 | 31 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,064 | 40 |
| 1970 | #1,637 | 57 |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,766 | 41 |
| 1965 | #1,635 | 47 |
| 1964 | #1,593 | 51 |
| 1963 | #1,417 | 62 |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 |
| 1961 | #1,742 | 43 |
| 1960 | #1,501 | 54 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,474 | 52 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 |
| 1955 | #1,004 | 99 |
| 1954 | #859 | 122 |
| 1953 | #801 | 132 |
| 1952 | #849 | 117 |
| 1951 | #765 | 133 |
| 1950 | #771 | 126 |
| 1949 | #850 | 108 |
| 1948 | #801 | 116 |
| 1947 | #861 | 103 |
| 1946 | #897 | 86 |
| 1945 | #850 | 78 |
| 1944 | #953 | 66 |
| 1943 | #864 | 81 |
| 1942 | #950 | 68 |
| 1941 | #1,117 | 44 |
| 1940 | #841 | 72 |
| 1939 | #740 | 85 |
| 1938 | #992 | 51 |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 |
| 1936 | #921 | 55 |
| 1935 | #1,004 | 47 |
| 1934 | #1,372 | 28 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 |
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First appearance
1926
The first year at least five girls were named Marleen! It came in at #4,306, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1929, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.
Where Marleen is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marleen in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 646 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #10,917)
- 173 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,917)
- 3,940 spots since 2015 (#6,977 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 252 spots in 1939
- Biggest drop: 276 spots in 1941
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1926
- Peaked 1939 at #740 (85 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1942–1954
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,901
- Highest: 1 in 12,901 girls born in 1939 were named Marleen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 22.8% of all girls named Marleen (938) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | #4,053 (1929) | #4,343 |
| 1930s | 406 | #740 (1939) | #1,378 |
| 1940s | 822 | #801 (1948) | #898 |
| 1950s | 938 | #765 (1951) | #1,101 |
| 1960s | 473 | #1,417 (1963) | #1,690 |
| 1970s | 313 | #1,637 (1970) | #2,628 |
| 1980s | 230 | #2,563 (1981) | #3,744 |
| 1990s | 288 | #3,068 (1998) | #3,874 |
| 2000s | 363 | #2,368 (2007) | #4,145 |
| 2010s | 199 | #4,957 (2012) | #6,743 |
| 2020s | 66 | #6,967 (2021) | #9,311 |
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.
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