Marlet — girls' name
116 babies named Marlet in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
116 girls have been named Marlet since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2013.
- 116
- total births
- 1990–2013
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 47%
- born in that decade
47% of everyone ever named Marlet was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Marlet in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marlet
The Social Security Administration has registered 116 babies named Marlet between 1990 and 2013, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlet currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlet performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 55 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marlet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marlet in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marlet 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 116 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.
Marlet at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marlet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1990
- Peak year (2008)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
116 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 11 births in a single year.
Marlet by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 55 births that decade — 47% of Marlet's all-time total
Marlet decade highlights
- Peak decade 55 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marlet's strongest decade
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Marlet by state
Where Marlet concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.2% |
6 of 116 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.2% 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, 1990–2013 (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.