Girls' name · since 1940
Marlana
2,838 babies named Marlana in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,838
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marlana is the #13384 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,838 recorded since 1940.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlana has been recorded 2,838 times among girls since 1940, currently ranked #13384 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #3,729 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,384 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,838 born since 1940
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlana ranks #3,729 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,384 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,838 born since 1940, peaking in the 1980s.
- #3,729 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,384 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,838
- born since 1940
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marlana's 2,838 recorded births place it above 94.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
23 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marlana compares
2,838 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Marlana's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marlana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,838 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 169 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marlana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marlana's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1941, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 169, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marlana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 169
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Marlana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (805 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Marlana's strongest decade.
805 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Marlana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 87
1940s
87 births
- 1950s 133
1950s
133 births
- 1960s 253
1960s
253 births
- 1970s
1970s
637 births
- 1980s
1980s
805 births
- 1990s
1990s
539 births
- 2000s 245
2000s
245 births
- 2010s 104
2010s
104 births
- 2020s 35
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 805 births (28% of all-time use).
How Marlana compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marlana's total volume
Marlana by state
Where Marlana concentrates geographically, total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 92 | 3.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 80 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 79 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 62 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 51 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 47 | 1.7% |
| #7 | New York | | 33 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 27 | 1.0% |
92 of 2,838 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 23 reporting states.
Marlana appears in 23 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marlana's data
- Marlana's decade-level peak was the 1980s (805 total births); usage has since declined to 35 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marlanas (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Marlana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~85 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, 1940–2025 (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 Marlana 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.