Girls' name · since 1931
Maralene
42 babies named Maralene in U.S. Social Security records since 1931, with the highest year being 1931. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Maralene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 1931.
Maralene has 42 recorded births among girls since 1931, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1931 to 1944.
- #37,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1931
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Maralene ranks #37,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1931, peaking in the 1930s.
- #37,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1931
- 1930s
- peak decade
Maralene's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Maralene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Maralene's full recorded timeline at 1938, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1931 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Maralene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1931–1944
- Peak year (1931)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Maralene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (27 births, 64% of the file).
1930s was Maralene's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Maralene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
27 births
- 1940s
1940s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 27 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Maralene's usage has stayed within range of its 1930s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1940s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Maralene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1931)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1931–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Maralene draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.