Marlena — #3517 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlena

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,264 babies named Marlena between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlena currently holds the #3517 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 470 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlena performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marlena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,654 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlena in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlena 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 11,264 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.