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
0%100%Median name50%40.7%
Marialena vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Marialena's 255 recorded births place it above 75.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1995)
11
Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
4681012 19591974199019952000201020162025 9

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 76 births (30% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marialena?
Marialena has been given to 255 babies in the U.S. since 1959, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #17,421 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #10,244 of 17,297. 11 babies were born in 1995, its single highest year.
Where does Marialena sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Marialena most popular?
Marialena was most popular in the 1990s decade with 76 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
How long has the name Marialena been used?
Records for Marialena go back to 1959, giving 67 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Marialena?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.

Keep exploring Marialena

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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.

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.