Girls' name · since 1916
Marene
Marene has 162 recorded births since 1916 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1947 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 162 recorded since 1916.
Marene has 162 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1958.
- #22,000 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marene ranks #22,000 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,000 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Marene's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Marene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marene's full recorded timeline at 1943, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1947 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1958
- Peak year (1947)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Marene by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (48 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Marene's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Marene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
37 births
- 1930s
1930s
29 births
- 1940s
1940s
43 births
- 1950s
1950s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 48 births (30% of all-time use).
Marene by state
Where Marene concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 162 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Marenes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Marene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1947)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1916–1958 (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 Marene 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.