Marlayne — girls' name
35 babies named Marlayne in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
35 girls have been named Marlayne since 1947, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1959.
- 35
- total births
- 1947–1959
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 51%
- born in that decade
51% of everyone ever named Marlayne was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Marlayne in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marlayne
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Marlayne between 1947 and 1959, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlayne currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1959. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlayne performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Marlayne shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marlayne 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 35 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.
Marlayne at a glance
Last recorded 1959Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marlayne popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1947
- Peak year (1954)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1959.
35 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 7 births in a single year.
Marlayne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 18 births that decade — 51% of Marlayne's all-time total
Marlayne decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Marlayne's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% 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, 1947–1959 (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.