Girls' name · since 1933
Marliene
23 babies named Marliene in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1936. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marliene sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 23 recorded since 1933.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marliene has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1933, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1930s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1939.
- #44,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1933
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marliene ranks #44,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1933, peaking in the 1930s.
- #44,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1933
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marliene's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marliene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marliene's full recorded timeline at 1938, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1933, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1936 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marliene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1939
- Peak year (1936)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Marliene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (23 births, 100% of the file).
1930s was Marliene's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Marliene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s
1930s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 23 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marliene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1936)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1933–1939 (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 Marliene 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.