Marline
Marline is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193539 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1915
- 1,524people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,524 girls have been named Marline in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1935, with 39 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 39 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1954, and the 1930s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marline | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | |
| 1920s | 76 | |
| 1930s | 292 | |
| 1940s | 247 | |
| 1950s | 228 | |
| 1960s | 186 | |
| 1970s | 118 | |
| 1980s | 136 | |
| 1990s | 100 | |
| 2000s | 95 | |
| 2010s | 27 |
In 1935, its biggest year
Marline was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1935 were Mary, Shirley, Barbara, Betty and Patricia. See all of 1935.
Names that rose and fell with Marline
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Johannepeak 1939
- Joeannpeak 1941
- Marylinpeak 1943
- Shirlypeak 1936
- Jonellpeak 1953
- Joanepeak 1935
- Marlenepeak 1936
- Carlenepeak 1955
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.