Marlena
Marlena is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 430th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1978470 births
- Best rank
- #430in 1978
- Since 1925
- 11,264people given the name
The story in the numbers
11,264 girls have been named Marlena in the United States since 1925, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 470 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 22%. It has spent 30 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marlena | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 5 | |
| 1930s | 134 | |
| 1940s | 385 | |
| 1950s | 732 | |
| 1960s | 995 | |
| 1970s | 2,164 | |
| 1980s | 2,425 | |
| 1990s | 2,166 | |
| 2000s | 1,174 | |
| 2010s | 792 | |
| 2020s | 292 |
In 1978, its biggest year
Marlena was the 430th 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 Marlena
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marlinapeak 1978
- Rosalbapeak 1979
- Marlanapeak 1978
- Rikipeak 1981
- Adriannpeak 1978
- Maricelapeak 1977
- Carapeak 1985
- Jameepeak 1985
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.