Marlene
Rank in 2025
#1261
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
177
girls 177
Peak year
1936
5,332 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
130,932
since 1904
Born a Marlene? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Marlene was most popular in 1936, when 5,332 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.1 per 1,000). In 2025, 177 babies were named Marlene, ranking #1261 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
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| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | 1261 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 137 | 1553 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 167 | 1348 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 191 | 1256 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 141 | 1498 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 135 | 1559 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 160 | 1406 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 163 | 1378 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 194 | 1233 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 199 | 1229 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 216 | 1167 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 211 | 1164 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 230 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 257 | 978 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 299 | 873 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 293 | 901 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 392 | 739 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 491 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 591 | 528 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 591 | 515 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 537 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 606 | 485 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 559 | 513 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 510 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 487 | 544 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 519 | 512 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 432 | 577 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 429 | 573 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 448 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 519 | 475 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 577 | 443 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 561 | 455 | 7 | 6968 |
| 1993 | 612 | 407 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 716 | 358 | 6 | 7422 |
| 1991 | 752 | 344 | 10 | 5096 |
| 1990 | 670 | 391 | 9 | 5382 |
| 1989 | 601 | 411 | 8 | 5615 |
| 1988 | 489 | 458 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 492 | 447 | 5 | 6951 |
| 1986 | 478 | 452 | 5 | 6721 |
| 1985 | 445 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 437 | 471 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 457 | 451 | 6 | 5484 |
| 1982 | 481 | 446 | 6 | 5619 |
| 1981 | 449 | 472 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 440 | 478 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 466 | 442 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 456 | 439 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 492 | 417 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 492 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 493 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 548 | 381 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 529 | 386 | 5 | 5101 |
| 1972 | 655 | 343 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 735 | 343 | 5 | 4907 |
| 1970 | 862 | 316 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 889 | 304 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 1,004 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 1,022 | 264 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 1,141 | 249 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 1,212 | 247 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 1,289 | 244 | 7 | 3282 |
| 1963 | 1,554 | 219 | 7 | 3318 |
| 1962 | 1,557 | 214 | 6 | 3640 |
| 1961 | 1,638 | 211 | 8 | 3097 |
| 1960 | 1,645 | 208 | 6 | 3665 |
| 1959 | 1,780 | 200 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 1,964 | 185 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 2,126 | 177 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 2,128 | 170 | 7 | 3216 |
| 1955 | 2,566 | 142 | 6 | 3505 |
| 1954 | 2,651 | 141 | 5 | 3827 |
| 1953 | 2,767 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 3,132 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 3,007 | 118 | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | 3,130 | 112 | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | 3,045 | 110 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 3,053 | 109 | 5 | 3668 |
| 1947 | 2,989 | 114 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 2,818 | 112 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 2,528 | 110 | 13 | 1926 |
| 1944 | 2,566 | 106 | 5 | 3430 |
| 1943 | 2,857 | 104 | 8 | 2732 |
| 1942 | 3,253 | 84 | 8 | 2712 |
| 1941 | 3,068 | 83 | 20 | 1532 |
| 1940 | 3,118 | 80 | 17 | 1680 |
| 1939 | 3,773 | 64 | 15 | 1795 |
| 1938 | 4,473 | 51 | 19 | 1559 |
| 1937 | 5,037 | 40 | 16 | 1756 |
| 1936 | 5,332 | 39 | 22 | 1417 |
| 1935 | 4,830 | 39 | 12 | 2127 |
| 1934 | 3,755 | 57 | 17 | 1725 |
| 1933 | 4,045 | 50 | 15 | 1829 |
| 1932 | 3,219 | 78 | 7 | 3092 |
| 1931 | 2,585 | 95 | 12 | 2207 |
| 1930 | 306 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 129 | 603 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 99 | 710 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 80 | 817 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 63 | 942 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 58 | 976 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 73 | 880 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 114 | 687 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 59 | 969 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 43 | 1168 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 56 | 980 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 47 | 1057 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 46 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 40 | 1126 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 25 | 1485 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 33 | 1190 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | 1385 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 22 | 1176 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | 2144 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 11 | 1450 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | 1521 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | 1763 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1907 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | 1727 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | 1877 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years