Marleen

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births

Peak · girls
1939 · 85 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,121
since 1926

Marleen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marleen has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #740, 1939girls
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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#10,9178
2024#10,2719
2023#8,98911
2022#7,63114
2021#6,96716
2020#11,0908
2019#7,71614
2018#12,4647
2017#6,80817
2016#6,66318
2015#6,97717
2014#5,31025
2013#5,83422
2012#4,95728
2011#5,72823
2010#4,97428
2009#5,37826
2008#4,55033
2007#2,36880
2006#3,66942
2005#4,58129
2004#4,17233
2003#4,66827
2002#3,97832
2001#4,10730
2000#3,98331
1999#3,56934
1998#3,06841
1997#4,00727
1996#5,28018
1995#4,21724
1994#3,61530
1993#3,22135
1992#4,23624
1991#3,81727
1990#3,71428
1989#4,52220
1988#3,69025
1987#4,28319
1986#3,55424
1985#3,98320
1984#3,42324
1983#4,28617
1982#3,41824
1981#2,56336
1980#3,71921
1979#3,23625
1978#2,85928
1977#2,55733
1976#3,40720
1975#2,88125
1974#2,43331
1973#2,75325
1972#2,45129
1971#2,06440
1970#1,63757
1969#2,02338
1968#1,70847
1967#2,03933
1966#1,76641
1965#1,63547
1964#1,59351
1963#1,41762
1962#1,47657
1961#1,74243
1960#1,50154
1959#1,67243
1958#1,51250
1957#1,47452
1956#1,29864
1955#1,00499
1954#859122
1953#801132
1952#849117
1951#765133
1950#771126
1949#850108
1948#801116
1947#861103
1946#89786
1945#85078
1944#95366
1943#86481
1942#95068
1941#1,11744
1940#84172
1939#74085
1938#99251
1937#92056
1936#92155
1935#1,00447
1934#1,37228
1933#1,55223
1932#1,38229
1931#1,54924
1930#3,3458
1929#4,0536
1928#4,7255
1927#4,2866
1926#4,3066
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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 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNHWashington: #403 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,121 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #396 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,529 girlsMNIllinois: #801 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 17,394 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedWIMichigan: #588 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,457 girlsMINew York: #677 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,984 girlsNYMassachusetts: #336 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,518 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,617 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedINOhio: #610 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,163 girlsOHPennsylvania: #497 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 8,521 girlsPANew Jersey: #452 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,170 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #507 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,976 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedHITexas: #1,059 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,140 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marleen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#336 · 1 in 5,518
  2. Iowa#379 · 1 in 4,617
  3. Minnesota#396 · 1 in 5,529
  4. Washington#403 · 1 in 4,121
  5. New Jersey#452 · 1 in 7,170

Best ever in a state: #209 in Nebraska, 1945.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#33681 in 5,518
Iowa#37961 in 4,617
Minnesota#39661 in 5,529
Washington#40361 in 4,121
New Jersey#45261 in 7,170
Pennsylvania#497121 in 8,521
California#507191 in 5,976
Michigan#58871 in 10,457
Ohio#61071 in 12,163
New York#677111 in 12,984
Illinois#80151 in 17,394
Texas#1,05951 in 19,140
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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 Marleen
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 (#992 → #740)
  • Biggest drop: 276 spots in 1941 (#841 → #1,117)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s23#4,053 (1929)#4,343
1930s406#740 (1939)#1,378
1940s822#801 (1948)#898
1950s938#765 (1951)#1,101
1960s473#1,417 (1963)#1,690
1970s313#1,637 (1970)#2,628
1980s230#2,563 (1981)#3,744
1990s288#3,068 (1998)#3,874
2000s363#2,368 (2007)#4,145
2010s199#4,957 (2012)#6,743
2020s66#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.

Marleen in 1950

girls
#771
126 births · 1 in 13,596 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #771Marleen126
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 13,596 of them was named Marleen, which outranked 87.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marleen
  1. #768Deena127
  2. #768Luella127
  3. #768Marina127
  4. #771Marleen126
  5. #771Mindy126
  6. #773Manuela125
  7. #773Ronna125
  8. #773Shauna125

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →