Marleen
Marleen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 747th, in 1939.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1951133 births
- Best rank
- #747in 1939
- Since 1926
- 4,113people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,113 girls have been named Marleen in the United States since 1926, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1951, with 133 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 1957, and the 1950s alone account for 23%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marleen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 23 | |
| 1930s | 406 | |
| 1940s | 822 | |
| 1950s | 938 | |
| 1960s | 473 | |
| 1970s | 313 | |
| 1980s | 230 | |
| 1990s | 288 | |
| 2000s | 363 | |
| 2010s | 199 | |
| 2020s | 58 |
In 1951, its biggest year
Marleen was the 770th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1951 were Linda, Mary, Patricia, Deborah and Barbara. See all of 1951.
Names that rose and fell with Marleen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sharleenpeak 1951
- Oraliapeak 1952
- Maryannepeak 1957
- Carolynnpeak 1942
- Karlenepeak 1959
- Karelpeak 1939
- Marileepeak 1947
- Carolinpeak 1942
Other spellings in the data
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.