Girls' name · since 1977
Marleny
1,479 babies named Marleny in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,586 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,479
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marleny currently ranks #4586 among girls' names in America, with 1,479 babies recorded since 1977.
Marleny has 1,479 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4586 as of the latest data, more common than 73% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2025.
- #5,746 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,586 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,479 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleny ranks #5,746 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,586 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,479 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,746 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,586 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,479
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marleny's 1,479 recorded births place it above 92.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marleny compares
1,479 Top 26% higher than 74% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marleny's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marleny | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,479 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 63 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marleny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marleny's full recorded timeline at 2002, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 63 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marleny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Marleny by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (414 births, 28% of the file).
2000s was Marleny's strongest decade.
414 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Marleny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 15
1970s
15 births
- 1980s 122
1980s
122 births
- 1990s
1990s
310 births
- 2000s
2000s
414 births
- 2010s
2010s
372 births
- 2020s
2020s
246 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 414 births (28% of all-time use).
How Marleny compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marleny's total volume
Marleny by state
Where Marleny concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 304 | 20.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 131 | 8.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 109 | 7.4% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 15 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 11 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 7 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 5 | 0.3% |
304 of 1,479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Marleny's data
- Marleny's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (414 total births) through the 2020s (246) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marlenys (304 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marleny
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marleny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1977–2025 (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 Marleny 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.