Marleena — girls' name
181 babies named Marleena in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
181 girls have been named Marleena since 1962, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 181
- total births
- 1962–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Marleena was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Marleena in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marleena
The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Marleena between 1962 and 2015, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marleena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marleena performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 68 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marleena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marleena in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marleena 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 181 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.
Marleena at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marleena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1962
- Peak year (1999)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
181 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 13 births in a single year.
Marleena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 68 births that decade — 38% of Marleena's all-time total
Marleena decade highlights
- Peak decade 68 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marleena's strongest decade
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Marleena by state
Where Marleena concentrates geographically — total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.8% |
5 of 181 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1962–2015 (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.