Girls' name · since 1930
Marlette
281 babies named Marlette in U.S. Social Security records since 1930, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,192 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marlette currently ranks #10192 among girls' names in America, with 281 babies recorded since 1930.
Social Security Administration records show Marlette recorded 281 times among girls since 1930, holding rank #10192 nationally today, ahead of 41% of girls, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #16,477 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,192 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 281 born since 1930
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlette ranks #16,477 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,192 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 281 born since 1930, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,477 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,192 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 281
- born since 1930
- 1960s
- peak decade
Marlette's 281 recorded births place it above 77.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marlette compares
281 44th percentile among 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
Marlette's all-time total is 25% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marlette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 281 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marlette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marlette splits its recorded history at 1970: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1967 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (1967)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Marlette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (82 births, 29% of the file).
1960s was Marlette's strongest decade.
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Marlette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 12
1930s
12 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 1950s
1950s
39 births
- 1960s
1960s
82 births
- 1970s
1970s
43 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 25
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 82 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marlette's data
- Marlette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (82 total births); usage has since declined to 25 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marlette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1967)
Similar record span (~95 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, 1930–2025 (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 Marlette 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.