Marlene — #1549 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlene

The Social Security Administration has registered 130,396 babies named Marlene between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlene currently holds the #1549 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1936, when 5,332 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlene performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 37,355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marlene shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15,934 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlene in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlene 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 130,396 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.