Marlene
#1,261 for girls in 2025, 177 births · Last seen for boys in 1994 at #6,968
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 5,332 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 130,573since 1904
Marlene over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,261 | 177 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,553 | 137 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,348 | 167 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,256 | 191 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,498 | 141 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,559 | 135 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,406 | 160 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,378 | 163 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,233 | 194 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,229 | 199 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,167 | 216 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,164 | 211 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,073 | 230 | — | |
| 2012 | #978 | 257 | — | |
| 2011 | #873 | 299 | — | |
| 2010 | #901 | 293 | — | |
| 2009 | #739 | 392 | — | |
| 2008 | #628 | 491 | — | |
| 2007 | #528 | 591 | — | |
| 2006 | #515 | 591 | — | |
| 2005 | #538 | 537 | — | |
| 2004 | #485 | 606 | — | |
| 2003 | #513 | 559 | — | |
| 2002 | #538 | 510 | — | |
| 2001 | #544 | 487 | — | |
| 2000 | #512 | 519 | — | |
| 1999 | #577 | 432 | — | |
| 1998 | #573 | 429 | — | |
| 1997 | #531 | 448 | — | |
| 1996 | #475 | 519 | — | |
| 1995 | #443 | 577 | — | |
| 1994 | #455 | 561 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #407 | 612 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #358 | 716 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #344 | 752 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #391 | 670 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #411 | 601 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #458 | 489 | — | |
| 1987 | #447 | 492 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #452 | 478 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #474 | 445 | — | |
| 1984 | #471 | 437 | — | |
| 1983 | #451 | 457 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #446 | 481 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #472 | 449 | — | |
| 1980 | #478 | 440 | — | |
| 1979 | #442 | 466 | — | |
| 1978 | #439 | 456 | — | |
| 1977 | #417 | 492 | — | |
| 1976 | #412 | 492 | — | |
| 1975 | #409 | 493 | — | |
| 1974 | #381 | 548 | — | |
| 1973 | #386 | 529 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #343 | 655 | — | |
| 1971 | #343 | 735 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #316 | 862 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #304 | 889 | — | |
| 1968 | #270 | 1,004 | — | |
| 1967 | #264 | 1,022 | — | |
| 1966 | #249 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1965 | #247 | 1,212 | — | |
| 1964 | #244 | 1,289 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #219 | 1,554 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #214 | 1,557 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #211 | 1,638 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #208 | 1,645 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #200 | 1,780 | — | |
| 1958 | #185 | 1,964 | — | |
| 1957 | #177 | 2,126 | — | |
| 1956 | #170 | 2,128 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #142 | 2,566 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #141 | 2,651 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #128 | 2,767 | — | |
| 1952 | #117 | 3,132 | — | |
| 1951 | #118 | 3,007 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #112 | 3,130 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #110 | 3,045 | — | |
| 1948 | #109 | 3,053 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #114 | 2,989 | — | |
| 1946 | #112 | 2,818 | — | |
| 1945 | #110 | 2,528 | #1,926 | 13 |
| 1944 | #106 | 2,566 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #104 | 2,857 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #84 | 3,253 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #83 | 3,068 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #80 | 3,118 | #1,680 | 17 |
| 1939 | #64 | 3,773 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #51 | 4,473 | #1,559 | 19 |
| 1937 | #40 | 5,037 | #1,756 | 16 |
| 1936 | #39 | 5,332 | #1,417 | 22 |
| 1935 | #39 | 4,830 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #57 | 3,755 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #50 | 4,045 | #1,829 | 15 |
| 1932 | #78 | 3,219 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #95 | 2,585 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #388 | 306 | — | |
| 1929 | #603 | 129 | — | |
| 1928 | #710 | 99 | — | |
| 1927 | #817 | 80 | — | |
| 1926 | #942 | 63 | — | |
| 1925 | #976 | 58 | — | |
| 1924 | #880 | 73 | — | |
| 1923 | #687 | 114 | — | |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,168 | 43 | — | |
| 1920 | #980 | 56 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,057 | 47 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,073 | 46 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,385 | 21 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,521 | 10 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marlene! It came in at #1,877, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1904–1905, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlene is popular in 1933
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#15 · 1 in 64
- Idaho#15 · 1 in 75
- North Dakota#16 · 1 in 70
- Minnesota#17 · 1 in 73
- Utah#20 · 1 in 88
Best ever in a state: #6 in North Dakota, 1936.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #15 | 42 | 1 in 75 |
| South Dakota | #15 | 81 | 1 in 64 |
| North Dakota | #16 | 78 | 1 in 70 |
| Minnesota | #17 | 251 | 1 in 73 |
| Utah | #20 | 50 | 1 in 88 |
| Wisconsin | #21 | 233 | 1 in 92 |
| Washington | #24 | 82 | 1 in 103 |
| California | #26 | 244 | 1 in 135 |
| Oregon | #26 | 47 | 1 in 99 |
| Nebraska | #27 | 92 | 1 in 106 |
| Illinois | #28 | 347 | 1 in 139 |
| Iowa | #29 | 154 | 1 in 112 |
| Vermont | #30 | 24 | 1 in 96 |
| Montana | #31 | 28 | 1 in 119 |
| Maryland | #34 | 76 | 1 in 150 |
| Michigan | #35 | 232 | 1 in 150 |
| Ohio | #36 | 281 | 1 in 153 |
| Maine | #39 | 48 | 1 in 123 |
| Indiana | #41 | 113 | 1 in 190 |
| Kansas | #48 | 55 | 1 in 233 |
| Pennsylvania | #53 | 324 | 1 in 212 |
| Missouri | #57 | 102 | 1 in 257 |
| Wyoming | #57 | 7 | 1 in 191 |
| New Hampshire | #59 | 14 | 1 in 202 |
| New York | #59 | 333 | 1 in 248 |
| Delaware | #64 | 6 | 1 in 221 |
| New Jersey | #65 | 81 | 1 in 298 |
| District of Columbia | #68 | 15 | 1 in 243 |
| Connecticut | #71 | 31 | 1 in 299 |
| Colorado | #78 | 25 | 1 in 304 |
| Massachusetts | #80 | 77 | 1 in 358 |
| Florida | #97 | 29 | 1 in 387 |
| Louisiana | #99 | 53 | 1 in 360 |
| West Virginia | #111 | 37 | 1 in 445 |
| Rhode Island | #132 | 6 | 1 in 695 |
| Kentucky | #133 | 46 | 1 in 565 |
| Virginia | #141 | 36 | 1 in 629 |
| Arizona | #145 | 7 | 1 in 495 |
| Oklahoma | #149 | 32 | 1 in 683 |
| Hawaii | #162 | 5 | 1 in 622 |
| Georgia | #184 | 30 | 1 in 959 |
| Texas | #197 | 59 | 1 in 924 |
| Mississippi | #204 | 21 | 1 in 967 |
| Tennessee | #208 | 22 | 1 in 1,166 |
| New Mexico | #209 | 5 | 1 in 896 |
| Alabama | #214 | 24 | 1 in 1,142 |
| Arkansas | #216 | 18 | 1 in 1,018 |
| South Carolina | #219 | 15 | 1 in 1,341 |
| North Carolina | #225 | 24 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
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 Marlene
- 292 spots since 2024 (#1,553 → #1,261)
- 298 spots since 2020 (#1,559 → #1,261)
- 94 spots since 2015 (#1,167 → #1,261)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1931 (#388 → #95)
- Biggest drop: 193 spots in 1924 (#687 → #880)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1936 at #39 (5,332 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1931–1942
- Top 1,000: 92 yrs · run 1922–2012
- Highest: 1 in 195 girls born in 1936 were named Marlene (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,081 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 28.6% of all girls named Marlene (37,355) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 18 | #1,727 (1906) | #1,789 |
| 1910s | 263 | #1,057 (1919) | #1,361 |
| 1920s | 774 | #603 (1929) | #873 |
| 1930s | 37,355 | #39 (1936) | #90 |
| 1940s | 29,295 | #80 (1940) | #101 |
| 1950s | 25,251 | #112 (1950) | #149 |
| 1960s | 12,951 | #208 (1960) | #243 |
| 1970s | 5,728 | #316 (1970) | #389 |
| 1980s | 4,769 | #411 (1989) | #456 |
| 1990s | 5,716 | #344 (1991) | #455 |
| 2000s | 5,283 | #485 (2004) | #554 |
| 2010s | 2,222 | #873 (2011) | #1,140 |
| 2020s | 948 | #1,256 (2022) | #1,413 |
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.
Marlene in 1933
Top girls' names in 1933
Top boys' names in 1933
More about 1933
girls
1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 249 of them was named Marlene, which outranked 99.0% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 66,102 of them was named Marlene, which outranked 56.0% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,770Tyree16
- #1,770Vernice16
- #1,770Virgie16
- #1,829Marlene15
- #1,829Abie15
- #1,829Agapito15
- #1,829Alphonzo15
- #1,905Addie14
- #1,905Adron14
- #1,905Agnes14
Tied with 75 names at #1,829; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.