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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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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.
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 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 11,166 of them was named Marlen, which outranked 92.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,149Dylan158
- #1,149Meranda158
- #1,149Shay158
- #1,155Marlen157
- #1,155Anabel157
- #1,155Belen157
- #1,155Georgina157
- #1,164Austin156
- #1,164Cherish156
- #1,164Dajah156
Tied with 8 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 189,430 of them was named Marlen, which outranked 47.5% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,187Zayn11
- #5,187Zeeshan11
- #5,187Zerek11
- #5,535Marlen10
- #5,535Aaronmichael10
- #5,535Acie10
- #5,535Afton10
- #5,982Aadil9
- #5,982Aarion9
- #5,982Abdias9
Tied with 446 names at #5,535; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.