Marline
- Last seen for girls in 2017 at #14,124
- Peak · girls
- 1935 · 39 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,524since 1915
Marline over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marline has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #9,264 | 11 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #8,584 | 10 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #10,193 | 7 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #4,478 | 16 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 |
| 1963 | #2,780 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,280 | 23 |
| 1954 | #1,836 | 32 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,835 | 27 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 |
| 1947 | #2,200 | 20 |
| 1946 | #1,970 | 22 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,355 | 32 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #1,378 | 29 |
| 1938 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,186 | 36 |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 |
| 1934 | #1,317 | 30 |
| 1933 | #1,262 | 32 |
| 1932 | #1,488 | 26 |
| 1931 | #1,941 | 17 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 |
| 1929 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 |
| 1927 | #2,339 | 15 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 |
| 1924 | #2,809 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 |
| 1917 | — | |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1915
The first year at least five girls were named Marline! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marline is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Marline in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2017
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1935 at #1,119 (39 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 26,887
- Highest: 1 in 26,887 girls born in 1935 were named Marline (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,744 girls born in 2017 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
- 19.2% of all girls named Marline (292) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,452 (1919) | #4,006 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,339 (1927) | #3,443 |
| 1930s | 292 | #1,119 (1935) | #1,606 |
| 1940s | 247 | #1,355 (1941) | #1,799 |
| 1950s | 228 | #1,835 (1950) | #2,309 |
| 1960s | 186 | #2,360 (1968) | #3,076 |
| 1970s | 118 | #3,652 (1971) | #5,298 |
| 1980s | 136 | #4,167 (1982) | #5,456 |
| 1990s | 100 | #6,314 (1992) | #8,372 |
| 2000s | 95 | #7,317 (2001) | #8,919 |
| 2010s | 27 | #12,276 (2010) | #13,488 |
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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