Girls' name · since 1935
Marelene
16 babies named Marelene in U.S. Social Security records since 1935, with the highest year being 1935. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #48,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1935
- 1930s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Marelene since 1935, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Marelene recorded 16 times among girls since 1935, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1935 to 1938.
- #48,985 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 1935
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marelene ranks #48,985 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 1935, peaking in the 1930s.
- #48,985 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 1935
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marelene's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marelene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marelene's full recorded timeline at 1937, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1935 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marelene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1935–1938
- Peak year (1935)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Marelene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (16 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Marelene's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Marelene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 16 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marelene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1935)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1935–1938 (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 Marelene 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.