Girls' name · since 1917
Marylene
301 babies named Marylene in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,876 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marylene is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 301 have been recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Marylene recorded 301 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1930s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1961.
- #15,876 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 301 born since 1917
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marylene ranks #15,876 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 301 born since 1917, peaking in the 1930s.
- #15,876 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 301
- born since 1917
- 1930s
- peak decade
Marylene's 301 recorded births place it above 78.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marylene's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marylene's SSA record in two at 1938 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1924, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1937 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marylene popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1961
- Peak year (1937)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 45 years of records
Marylene by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (90 births, 30% of the file).
1930s was Marylene's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Marylene births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 7
1910s
7 births
- 1920s
1920s
76 births
- 1930s
1930s
90 births
- 1940s
1940s
80 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 90 births (30% of all-time use).
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- Marylene's decade-level peak was the 1930s (90 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marylene: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1937)
Similar record span (~44 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, 1917–1961 (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 Marylene 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.