Girls' name · since 1938
Marleene
22 babies named Marleene in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 1938. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1938
- 2010s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Marleene since 1938, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleene has been recorded 22 times among girls since 1938, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2012.
- #44,871 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 1938
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleene ranks #44,871 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1938, peaking in the 2010s.
- #44,871 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 1938
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marleene's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marleene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marleene splits its recorded history at 2011: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2011 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1938 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marleene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2012
- Peak year (1938)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Marleene by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Marleene's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Marleene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
- 1940s
1940s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (45% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marleene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1938)
Similar record span (~74 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, 1938–2012 (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 Marleene 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.