Marilene — girls' name
143 babies named Marilene in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
54% of everyone ever named Marilene was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marilene in 1936 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marilene
The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Marilene between 1919 and 1964, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marilene currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1964. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marilene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 77 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marilene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marilene in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 143 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marilene at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marilene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–1919
- Peak year (1936)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1964.
143 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1936 with 11 births in a single year.
Marilene by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 77 births that decade — 54% of Marilene's all-time total
Marilene decade highlights
- Peak decade 77 births
- Runner-up 36 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Marilene's strongest decade
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1919–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.