Marline — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marline

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,524 babies named Marline between 1915 and 2017, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marline currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1935, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marline performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 292 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Marline shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 94 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Marline in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marline 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 1,524 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.