Marlen*
#2,134 most common girls' name of all time · #3,624 across all names · 14% male / 86% female · used 1915–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#2,134
Rank overall
#3,624 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
6,438
Since 2016
540
Peak year
2003 #918
Best rank
#918 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 272/yr
Marlen first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 6 | 48 | #3,595 |
| 2024 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,533 |
| 2023 | 44 | 5 | 49 | #3,537 |
| 2022 | 47 | — | 47 | #3,377 |
| 2021 | 52 | 5 | 57 | #3,121 |
| 2020 | 56 | 5 | 61 | #2,892 |
| 2019 | 53 | — | 53 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 55 | 8 | 63 | #2,970 |
| 2017 | 55 | — | 55 | #2,977 |
| 2016 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,743 |
| 2015 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,816 |
| 2014 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,930 |
| 2013 | 80 | 9 | 89 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 93 | — | 93 | #2,067 |
| 2011 | 116 | 5 | 121 | #1,761 |
| 2010 | 138 | 9 | 147 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 170 | 8 | 178 | #1,393 |
| 2008 | 213 | 12 | 225 | #1,194 |
| 2007 | 263 | 5 | 268 | #1,007 |
| 2006 | 224 | 7 | 231 | #1,119 |
| 2005 | 230 | 11 | 241 | #1,041 |
| 2004 | 216 | 10 | 226 | #1,070 |
| 2003 | 259 | 13 | 272 | #918 |
| 2002 | 200 | — | 200 | #1,063 |
| 2001 | 184 | 10 | 194 | #1,137 |
| 2000 | 212 | 6 | 218 | #1,000 |
| 1999 | 121 | 8 | 129 | #1,443 |
| 1998 | 149 | 13 | 162 | #1,227 |
| 1997 | 126 | 10 | 136 | #1,363 |
| 1996 | 157 | 10 | 167 | #1,159 |
| 1995 | 138 | 17 | 155 | #1,241 |
| 1994 | 148 | 7 | 155 | #1,193 |
| 1993 | 122 | 9 | 131 | #1,353 |
| 1992 | 139 | 10 | 149 | #1,249 |
| 1991 | 124 | 13 | 137 | #1,332 |
| 1990 | 113 | 8 | 121 | #1,401 |
| 1989 | 67 | 8 | 75 | #1,928 |
| 1988 | 58 | 9 | 67 | #2,035 |
| 1987 | 40 | 6 | 46 | #2,546 |
| 1986 | 40 | 6 | 46 | #2,482 |
| 1985 | 39 | 6 | 45 | #2,507 |
| 1984 | 44 | 7 | 51 | #2,240 |
| 1983 | 45 | — | 45 | #2,167 |
| 1982 | 56 | 7 | 63 | #1,910 |
| 1981 | 40 | 8 | 48 | #2,421 |
| 1980 | 44 | 7 | 51 | #2,258 |
| 1979 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,440 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,754 |
| 1977 | 23 | 8 | 31 | #3,301 |
| 1976 | 27 | 14 | 41 | #2,813 |
| 1975 | 25 | 13 | 38 | #2,912 |
| 1974 | 20 | 10 | 30 | #3,341 |
| 1973 | 21 | 16 | 37 | #3,159 |
| 1972 | 17 | 17 | 34 | #3,594 |
| 1971 | 12 | 13 | 25 | #4,615 |
| 1970 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #3,756 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,831 |
| 1968 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #3,361 |
| 1967 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #3,741 |
| 1966 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #3,620 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,310 |
| 1964 | 21 | 8 | 29 | #2,790 |
| 1963 | 13 | 7 | 20 | #3,704 |
| 1962 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #4,101 |
| 1961 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #5,020 |
| 1960 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #5,339 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #5,641 |
| 1957 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #5,610 |
| 1956 | 10 | 10 | 20 | #4,019 |
| 1955 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #6,152 |
| 1954 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1953 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,716 |
| 1949 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1948 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #4,896 |
| 1947 | 7 | 14 | 21 | #4,528 |
| 1946 | 8 | 8 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1945 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,271 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1943 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,606 |
| 1941 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #3,172 |
| 1940 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1939 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | 26 | 31 | #4,663 |
| 1937 | 9 | 12 | 21 | #3,095 |
| 1936 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #3,035 |
| 1935 | — | 18 | 18 | — |
| 1934 | 5 | 16 | 21 | #4,663 |
| 1933 | 8 | 11 | 19 | #3,339 |
| 1932 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #4,218 |
| 1931 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1930 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1928 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1927 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1926 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1925 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1924 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1923 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1922 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1921 | — | 16 | 16 | — |
| 1920 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1918 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1917 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1916 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1915 | — | 9 | 9 | — |