Marlen
Marlen is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 918th, in 2003.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 2007263 births
- Best rank
- #918in 2003
- Since 1932
- 6,390people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,470 girls have been named Marlen in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 263 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2000s alone account for 40%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a girl’s name: 920 boys have also been given it, 14% of the total.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marlen | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 42 | |
| 1940s | 44 | |
| 1950s | 32 | |
| 1960s | 126 | |
| 1970s | 229 | |
| 1980s | 473 | |
| 1990s | 1,337 | |
| 2000s | 2,171 | |
| 2010s | 773 | |
| 2020s | 243 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Marlen was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2007 were Emily, Isabella, Emma, Ava and Madison. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Marlen
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Yasminpeak 2006
- Emilipeak 2006
- Azucenapeak 2001
- Lizethpeak 2004
- Jackelinepeak 2000
- Alexsandrapeak 2006
- Rianapeak 2000
- Kyleapeak 2003
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.