Marlen
#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 85.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2003 · 259 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,512since 1932
Marlen over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,577 | 42 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,525 | 44 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #3,365 | 47 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #2,890 | 56 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #3,043 | 53 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,739 | 63 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,810 | 62 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,922 | 58 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #2,064 | 93 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,758 | 116 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #1,584 | 138 | #8,139 | 9 |
| 2009 | #1,392 | 170 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #1,193 | 213 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #1,003 | 263 | #12,367 | 5 |
| 2006 | #1,119 | 224 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #1,041 | 230 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #1,067 | 216 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | #918 | 259 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #1,063 | 200 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,136 | 184 | #6,445 | 10 |
| 2000 | #999 | 212 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,442 | 121 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #1,226 | 149 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #1,362 | 126 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #1,155 | 157 | #5,535 | 10 |
| 1995 | #1,235 | 138 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #1,191 | 148 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #1,352 | 122 | #5,771 | 9 |
| 1992 | #1,248 | 139 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #1,328 | 124 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #1,397 | 113 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #1,925 | 67 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #2,032 | 58 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #2,531 | 40 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #2,484 | 39 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #2,227 | 44 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #2,156 | 45 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,900 | 56 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #2,409 | 40 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,267 | 23 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #2,792 | 27 | #2,826 | 14 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | #2,405 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | #2,243 | 17 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,315 | 16 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #3,050 | 8 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #3,640 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #3,652 | 6 |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | #2,871 | 9 |
| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,435 | 11 |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #2,453 | 10 | |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,563 | 9 | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | — | #2,322 | 10 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,449 | 9 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,310 | 26 |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 | #1,384 | 23 |
| 1935 | — | #1,656 | 18 | |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,783 | 16 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,012 | 16 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,059 | 16 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,545 | 6 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,897 | 5 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marlen! It came in at #3,901, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1935, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlen is popular in 1992
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#518 · 1 in 3,424
- Texas#612 · 1 in 4,299
- Illinois#1,024 · 1 in 9,410
- New York#1,734 · 1 in 19,352
Best ever in a state: #437 in Illinois, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #518 | 75 | 1 in 3,424 |
| Texas | #612 | 32 | 1 in 4,299 |
| Illinois | #1,024 | 8 | 1 in 9,410 |
| New York | #1,734 | 6 | 1 in 19,352 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marlen
- 61 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #3,577)
- 687 spots since 2020 (#2,890 → #3,577)
- 767 spots since 2015 (#2,810 → #3,577)
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 2000 (#1,442 → #999)
- Biggest drop: 149 spots in 2004 (#918 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 2003 at #918 (259 births)
- Births halved by 2011, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 2000–2003
- Highest: 1 in 7,055 girls born in 2003 were named Marlen (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 39.4% of all girls named Marlen (2,171) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1971, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 42 | #2,857 (1936) | #3,573 |
| 1940s | 44 | #3,030 (1941) | #3,860 |
| 1950s | 32 | #3,910 (1956) | #5,187 |
| 1960s | 126 | #2,752 (1964) | #3,895 |
| 1970s | 229 | #2,430 (1979) | #3,234 |
| 1980s | 473 | #1,900 (1982) | #2,238 |
| 1990s | 1,337 | #1,155 (1996) | #1,294 |
| 2000s | 2,171 | #918 (2003) | #1,093 |
| 2010s | 773 | #1,584 (2010) | #2,515 |
| 2020s | 285 | #2,890 (2020) | #3,331 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marlen in 1992
Top girls' names in 1992
Top boys' names in 1992
More about 1992
girls
1,843,931 girls got a published name in 1992; 1 in 13,266 of them was named Marlen, which outranked 92.0% of the 15,610 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,243Shakia140
- #1,243Xiomara140
- #1,243Yaritza140
- #1,248Marlen139
- #1,248Ceara139
- #1,248Jalissa139
- #1,248Rosario139
- #1,254Bernice138
- #1,254Juliette138
- #1,254Magan138
Tied with 5 names at #1,248; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,409 boys got a published name in 1992; 1 in 199,741 of them was named Marlen, which outranked 46.7% of the 9,820 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,872Zakaria11
- #4,872Zakarie11
- #4,872Zephaniah11
- #5,236Marlen10
- #5,236Aaric10
- #5,236Aarion10
- #5,236Abisai10
- #5,660Abrahm9
- #5,660Adrienne9
- #5,660Adrion9
Tied with 423 names at #5,236; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.