Girls' name · since 1944
Marnee
Marnee has 409 recorded births since 1944 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1970 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marnee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 409 recorded since 1944.
Marnee has 409 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2024.
- #13,343 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 409 born since 1944
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marnee ranks #13,343 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 409 born since 1944, peaking in the 1970s.
- #13,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 409
- born since 1944
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marnee's 409 recorded births place it above 81.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Marnee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marnee splits its recorded history at 1970: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1944 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1970 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marnee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2024
- Peak year (1970)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Marnee by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (165 births, 40% of the file).
1970s was Marnee's strongest decade.
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Marnee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 43
1950s
43 births
- 1960s
1960s
100 births
- 1970s
1970s
165 births
- 1980s 49
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 165 births (40% of all-time use).
Marnee by state
Where Marnee concentrates geographically, total births since 1944
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 26 | 6.4% |
26 of 409 births nationwide.
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What to do with Marnee's data
- Marnee's decade-level peak was the 1970s (165 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marnees (26 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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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, 1944–2024 (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 Marnee 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.