Marland
Marland was last recorded in 2020, when 5 babies were given it; 1,223 Americans have been recorded with it between 1913 and 2020 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marland by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Marland?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #13,345, in 2020; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
56 babies in 1934, the peak
Marland peaked in 1934, when 56 boys were given it, #838 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | #13,345 | 2.9 |
| 2010 | 5 | #13,541 | 2.6 |
| 2008 | 6 | #12,026 | 2.9 |
| 2006 | 6 | #11,544 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,986 | 3.0 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,425 | 4.6 |
| 2001 | 8 | #8,035 | 4.1 |
| 1997 | 8 | #7,032 | 4.2 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,754 | 4.2 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,614 | 4.1 |
Every recorded year (87)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 6 | #8,072 | 3.0 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,355 | 4.9 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,645 | 4.4 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,427 | 6.0 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,643 | 3.2 |
| 1986 | 8 | #5,151 | 4.3 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,532 | 3.8 |
| 1983 | 7 | #5,266 | 3.9 |
| 1982 | 6 | #6,108 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,794 | 4.5 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,792 | 4.5 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,273 | 5.2 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,873 | 9.1 |
| 1977 | 23 | #2,106 | 14.0 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,301 | 12.7 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,040 | 14.7 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,417 | 10.8 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,494 | 21.2 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,054 | 12.3 |
| 1971 | 31 | #1,583 | 17.5 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,466 | 8.1 |
| 1969 | 23 | #1,753 | 12.9 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,531 | 6.9 |
| 1967 | 11 | #2,557 | 6.3 |
| 1966 | 11 | #2,568 | 6.2 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,332 | 7.0 |
| 1964 | 9 | #2,982 | 4.5 |
| 1963 | 15 | #2,170 | 7.4 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,877 | 2.9 |
| 1961 | 9 | #3,022 | 4.2 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,243 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,614 | 5.2 |
| 1958 | 11 | #2,595 | 5.2 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,756 | 4.6 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,224 | 6.6 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,276 | 6.3 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,879 | 4.4 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,834 | 4.6 |
| 1951 | 11 | #2,453 | 5.8 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,707 | 5.0 |
| 1949 | 11 | #2,410 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 9 | #2,721 | 5.1 |
| 1947 | 9 | #2,797 | 4.9 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,630 | 5.5 |
| 1945 | 8 | #2,681 | 5.9 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,148 | 8.8 |
| 1943 | 9 | #2,670 | 6.3 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,221 | 8.7 |
| 1941 | 16 | #1,801 | 13.0 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,430 | 8.6 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,019 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,422 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,565 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,312 | 25.1 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,117 | 33.6 |
| 1934 | 56 | #838 | 54.2 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,489 | 22.2 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,537 | 21.1 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,352 | 26.0 |
| 1930 | 24 | #1,518 | 21.9 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,650 | 19.5 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,371 | 26.2 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,455 | 24.0 |
| 1926 | 21 | #1,693 | 18.9 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,386 | 11.6 |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,018 | 15.0 |
| 1923 | 20 | #1,794 | 18.2 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,302 | 12.9 |
| 1921 | 21 | #1,748 | 19.1 |
| 1920 | 18 | #1,930 | 16.9 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,340 | 13.3 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,126 | 14.8 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,510 | 11.9 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,344 | 13.5 |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,973 | 9.4 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,570 | 12.2 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,683 | 11.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Marland a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marland has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 87 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Marland: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marland, and how old are they?
An estimated 572 Americans named Marland and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 54 years old and half are between 46 and 66. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 669 people named Marland (42 women and girls, 627 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 658 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marland
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marland and names like it
- Compare Marland and DonalBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1930sMarland peaked in 1934.
- Oklahoma’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marland since 1910.
- The top names of 1934The year the most babies were named Marland.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Marland alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with MMost given first.