Marleen — #10347 US girls' name
4,113 babies named Marleen in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
23% of everyone ever named Marleen was born in this single decade.
133 babies were named Marleen in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marleen
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,113 babies named Marleen between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marleen currently holds the #10347 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 133 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marleen performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 938 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marleen shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 839 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Marleen in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marleen 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 4,113 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.
Marleen at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Marleen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (1951)
- 133
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #10347 among girls.
4,113 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 133 births in a single year.
Marleen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 938 births that decade — 23% of Marleen's all-time total
Marleen decade highlights
- Peak decade 938 births
- Runner-up 822 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Marleen's strongest decade
938 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Marleen by state
Where Marleen concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 839 | 20.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 244 | 5.9% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 148 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 100 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 98 | 2.4% |
| #6 | Texas | | 91 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 72 | 1.8% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 69 | 1.7% |
839 of 4,113 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 20.4% of nationwide
- New York 5.9% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 2.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 20.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Marleen appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1926–2024 (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.