Girls' name · since 1959
Marialena
Since 1959, U.S. Social Security records show 255 babies named Marialena, peaking in 1995. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
255 babies have been named Marialena since 1959, making it today's #10244 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marialena has been recorded 255 times among girls since 1959, currently ranked #10244 nationally and more common than 41% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #17,421 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,244 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 255 born since 1959
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marialena ranks #17,421 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,244 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 255 born since 1959, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,421 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,244 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 255
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marialena's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marialena compares
255 42nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marialena's all-time total is 32% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marialena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 255 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marialena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marialena's full recorded timeline at 1998, 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 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1995 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marialena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1995)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Currently ranks #10244 among girls.
255 total births across 67 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 11 births in a single year.
Marialena by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (76 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Marialena's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Marialena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 28
1970s
28 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
76 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s 19
2020s
19 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 76 births (30% of all-time use).
Marialena decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 60 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Marialena's data
- Marialena's decade-level peak was the 1990s (76 total births); usage has since declined to 19 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Marialena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1995)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Marialena 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.
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