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Marlene
Recorded 130,932 times in US records since 1904. Peak year: 1936.
#2392 ↘
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 18,731
U.S. · 2025 records
Rare gem
rarity tier
≈84,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
↘ fading
10-yr trend
How many Marlenes are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 84,000 Marlenes are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 4,100 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Marlene through the years, 1904–2025

1936 · 5,354 5,354 0
19042025
Peak Marlene year: 1936 (ringed), with 5,354 recorded. Current usage: ~100% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.