Marlana
Marlana is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 871st, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1978169 births
- Best rank
- #871in 1978
- Since 1940
- 2,832people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,832 girls have been named Marlana in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 169 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 169 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 28%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Marlana was the 871st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Marlana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jaymepeak 1985
- Jamiepeak 1977
- Marlenapeak 1978
- Jameepeak 1985
- Kindrapeak 1987
- Maricelapeak 1977
- Candrapeak 1984
- Holliepeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.