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Marlena

#1,503 most common girls' name of all time · #2,598 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1925–2025

Rank among girls
#1,503
Rank overall
#2,598 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
11,321
Since 2016
644
Peak year
1978 #430
Best rank
#430 1978
Girls Boys peak 470/yr
19401960198020002020

Marlena first appears in 1925. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 56 56 #2,968
2024 44 44 #3,536
2023 54 54 #3,056
2022 67 67 #2,614
2021 56 56 #2,970
2020 72 72 #2,424
2019 73 73 #2,435
2018 78 78 #2,341
2017 62 62 #2,757
2016 82 82 #2,314
2015 73 73 #2,478
2014 92 92 #2,099
2013 100 100 #1,970
2012 83 83 #2,273
2011 77 77 #2,398
2010 72 72 #2,539
2009 100 100 #2,049
2008 108 108 #1,954
2007 97 97 #2,087
2006 113 113 #1,815
2005 122 122 #1,640
2004 95 95 #1,965
2003 104 104 #1,806
2002 140 140 #1,381
2001 139 139 #1,369
2000 156 156 #1,258
1999 179 179 #1,111
1998 219 219 #944
1997 201 201 #973
1996 211 211 #927
1995 188 188 #1,000
1994 238 238 #841
1993 249 249 #805
1992 249 249 #807
1991 238 238 #843
1990 194 194 #966
1989 207 207 #889
1988 200 200 #883
1987 216 216 #813
1986 252 252 #712
1985 231 231 #751
1984 229 229 #721
1983 244 244 #699
1982 290 290 #620
1981 255 255 #681
1980 301 301 #610
1979 387 387 #511
1978 470 470 #430
1977 423 423 #464
1976 168 168 #828
1975 135 135 #940
1974 125 125 #982
1973 113 113 #1,037
1972 102 102 #1,104
1971 115 115 #1,054
1970 126 126 #994
1969 140 140 #890
1968 116 116 #965
1967 108 108 #982
1966 96 96 #1,074
1965 98 98 #1,060
1964 107 107 #1,050
1963 93 93 #1,138
1962 86 86 #1,190
1961 80 80 #1,239
1960 71 71 #1,309
1959 60 60 #1,390
1958 57 57 #1,414
1957 64 64 #1,330
1956 64 64 #1,307
1955 83 83 #1,101
1954 104 104 #951
1953 89 89 #1,025
1952 92 92 #990
1951 52 52 #1,301
1950 67 67 #1,132
1949 65 65 #1,133
1948 60 60 #1,168
1947 43 43 #1,434
1946 35 35 #1,504
1945 36 36 #1,351
1944 37 37 #1,333
1943 32 32 #1,490
1942 43 43 #1,227
1941 22 22 #1,745
1940 12 12 #2,558
1939 17 17 #2,034
1938 30 30 #1,379
1937 16 16 #2,094
1936 12 12 #2,506
1935 12 12 #2,569
1934 13 13 #2,416
1933 15 15 #2,159
1932 11 11 #2,826
1931 8 8 #3,485
1925 5 5 #5,718