Marlene
#313 most common girls' name of all time · #579 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1904–2025
Rank among girls
#313
Rank overall
#579 of 105,966
First appeared
1904
Years on the list
119 of 146
All-time
130,932
Since 2016
1,664
Peak year
1936 #39
Best rank
#39 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 5,354/yr
Marlene first appears in 1904. 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 | 177 | — | 177 | #1,264 |
| 2024 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,553 |
| 2023 | 167 | — | 167 | #1,349 |
| 2022 | 191 | — | 191 | #1,256 |
| 2021 | 141 | — | 141 | #1,500 |
| 2020 | 135 | — | 135 | #1,564 |
| 2019 | 160 | — | 160 | #1,410 |
| 2018 | 163 | — | 163 | #1,379 |
| 2017 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,234 |
| 2016 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,230 |
| 2015 | 216 | — | 216 | #1,168 |
| 2014 | 211 | — | 211 | #1,165 |
| 2013 | 230 | — | 230 | #1,074 |
| 2012 | 257 | — | 257 | #980 |
| 2011 | 299 | — | 299 | #873 |
| 2010 | 293 | — | 293 | #901 |
| 2009 | 392 | — | 392 | #739 |
| 2008 | 491 | — | 491 | #628 |
| 2007 | 591 | — | 591 | #528 |
| 2006 | 591 | — | 591 | #516 |
| 2005 | 537 | — | 537 | #538 |
| 2004 | 606 | — | 606 | #485 |
| 2003 | 559 | — | 559 | #513 |
| 2002 | 510 | — | 510 | #538 |
| 2001 | 487 | — | 487 | #544 |
| 2000 | 519 | — | 519 | #512 |
| 1999 | 432 | — | 432 | #577 |
| 1998 | 429 | — | 429 | #573 |
| 1997 | 448 | — | 448 | #532 |
| 1996 | 519 | — | 519 | #476 |
| 1995 | 577 | — | 577 | #444 |
| 1994 | 561 | 7 | 568 | #456 |
| 1993 | 612 | 6 | 618 | #407 |
| 1992 | 716 | 6 | 722 | #358 |
| 1991 | 752 | 10 | 762 | #344 |
| 1990 | 670 | 9 | 679 | #391 |
| 1989 | 601 | 8 | 609 | #412 |
| 1988 | 489 | — | 489 | #458 |
| 1987 | 492 | 5 | 497 | #448 |
| 1986 | 478 | 5 | 483 | #452 |
| 1985 | 445 | — | 445 | #474 |
| 1984 | 437 | — | 437 | #472 |
| 1983 | 457 | 6 | 463 | #451 |
| 1982 | 481 | 6 | 487 | #446 |
| 1981 | 449 | — | 449 | #472 |
| 1980 | 440 | — | 440 | #478 |
| 1979 | 466 | — | 466 | #442 |
| 1978 | 456 | — | 456 | #439 |
| 1977 | 492 | — | 492 | #417 |
| 1976 | 492 | — | 492 | #412 |
| 1975 | 493 | — | 493 | #409 |
| 1974 | 548 | — | 548 | #381 |
| 1973 | 529 | 5 | 534 | #386 |
| 1972 | 655 | — | 655 | #343 |
| 1971 | 735 | 5 | 740 | #343 |
| 1970 | 862 | 6 | 868 | #316 |
| 1969 | 889 | — | 889 | #304 |
| 1968 | 1,004 | — | 1,004 | #270 |
| 1967 | 1,022 | — | 1,022 | #264 |
| 1966 | 1,141 | — | 1,141 | #249 |
| 1965 | 1,212 | — | 1,212 | #247 |
| 1964 | 1,289 | 7 | 1,296 | #244 |
| 1963 | 1,554 | 7 | 1,561 | #219 |
| 1962 | 1,557 | 6 | 1,563 | #214 |
| 1961 | 1,638 | 8 | 1,646 | #211 |
| 1960 | 1,645 | 6 | 1,651 | #209 |
| 1959 | 1,780 | — | 1,780 | #200 |
| 1958 | 1,964 | — | 1,964 | #185 |
| 1957 | 2,126 | — | 2,126 | #177 |
| 1956 | 2,128 | 7 | 2,135 | #170 |
| 1955 | 2,566 | 6 | 2,572 | #142 |
| 1954 | 2,651 | 5 | 2,656 | #141 |
| 1953 | 2,767 | — | 2,767 | #128 |
| 1952 | 3,132 | — | 3,132 | #117 |
| 1951 | 3,007 | 7 | 3,014 | #118 |
| 1950 | 3,130 | 5 | 3,135 | #112 |
| 1949 | 3,045 | — | 3,045 | #110 |
| 1948 | 3,053 | 5 | 3,058 | #109 |
| 1947 | 2,989 | — | 2,989 | #114 |
| 1946 | 2,818 | — | 2,818 | #112 |
| 1945 | 2,528 | 13 | 2,541 | #110 |
| 1944 | 2,566 | 5 | 2,571 | #106 |
| 1943 | 2,857 | 8 | 2,865 | #104 |
| 1942 | 3,253 | 8 | 3,261 | #84 |
| 1941 | 3,068 | 20 | 3,088 | #83 |
| 1940 | 3,118 | 17 | 3,135 | #80 |
| 1939 | 3,773 | 15 | 3,788 | #64 |
| 1938 | 4,473 | 19 | 4,492 | #51 |
| 1937 | 5,037 | 16 | 5,053 | #40 |
| 1936 | 5,332 | 22 | 5,354 | #39 |
| 1935 | 4,830 | 12 | 4,842 | #39 |
| 1934 | 3,755 | 17 | 3,772 | #57 |
| 1933 | 4,045 | 15 | 4,060 | #50 |
| 1932 | 3,219 | 7 | 3,226 | #78 |
| 1931 | 2,585 | 12 | 2,597 | #95 |
| 1930 | 306 | — | 306 | #388 |
| 1929 | 129 | — | 129 | #605 |
| 1928 | 99 | — | 99 | #714 |
| 1927 | 80 | — | 80 | #823 |
| 1926 | 63 | — | 63 | #950 |
| 1925 | 58 | — | 58 | #987 |
| 1924 | 73 | — | 73 | #887 |
| 1923 | 114 | — | 114 | #689 |
| 1922 | 59 | — | 59 | #977 |
| 1921 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,179 |
| 1920 | 56 | — | 56 | #988 |
| 1919 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,074 |
| 1918 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,089 |
| 1917 | 40 | — | 40 | #1,146 |
| 1916 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,525 |
| 1915 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,225 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,438 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,227 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,307 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,541 |
| 1910 | 10 | — | 10 | #1,627 |
| 1909 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,927 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,924 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,152 |