Marlana is an uncommon variant of Marlene that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Marlana is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #14,317 for girl births in the United States (and #23,766 across all names), given to 6 babies. Marlana first appears in 1940 and peaked in 1978 (169 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | 6 | #14,317 |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | #14,548 |
| 2021 | 11 | 11 | #9,342 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | #8,756 |
| 2019 | 6 | 6 | #14,944 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | #11,125 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | #10,458 |
| 2016 | 8 | 8 | #12,475 |
| 2015 | 10 | 10 | #10,616 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8 | #12,678 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #18,304 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,512 |
| 2011 | 16 | 16 | #7,671 |
| 2010 | 20 | 20 | #6,558 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | #6,982 |
| 2008 | 14 | 14 | #8,810 |
| 2007 | 22 | 22 | #6,245 |
| 2006 | 16 | 16 | #7,720 |
| 2005 | 14 | 14 | #8,190 |
| 2004 | 32 | 32 | #4,352 |
| 2003 | 26 | 26 | #4,895 |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | #4,145 |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | #3,289 |
| 2000 | 29 | 29 | #4,249 |
| 1999 | 33 | 33 | #3,688 |
| 1998 | 50 | 50 | #2,716 |
| 1997 | 40 | — | #3,016 |
| 1996 | 49 | — | #2,578 |
| 1995 | 44 | — | #2,768 |
| 1994 | 61 | — | #2,201 |
| 1993 | 55 | — | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 75 | — | #1,885 |
| 1991 | 62 | — | #2,151 |
| 1990 | 70 | — | #1,966 |
| 1989 | 71 | — | #1,866 |
| 1988 | 71 | — | #1,782 |
| 1987 | 86 | — | #1,507 |
| 1986 | 97 | — | #1,350 |
| 1985 | 83 | — | #1,486 |
| 1984 | 74 | — | #1,547 |
| 1983 | 72 | — | #1,559 |
| 1982 | 86 | — | #1,424 |
| 1981 | 87 | — | #1,414 |
| 1980 | 78 | — | #1,523 |
| 1979 | 144 | — | #991 |
| 1978 | 169 | — | #870 |
| 1977 | 119 | — | #1,094 |
| 1976 | 29 | — | #2,702 |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #3,467 |
| 1974 | 37 | — | #2,201 |
| 1973 | 25 | — | #2,800 |
| 1972 | 33 | — | #2,296 |
| 1971 | 31 | — | #2,453 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | #2,489 |
| 1969 | 31 | — | #2,331 |
| 1968 | 33 | — | #2,112 |
| 1967 | 32 | — | #2,104 |
| 1966 | 26 | — | #2,389 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | #2,583 |
| 1964 | 31 | — | #2,176 |
| 1963 | 24 | — | #2,523 |
| 1962 | 23 | — | #2,579 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,141 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,618 |
| 1959 | 14 | — | #3,369 |
| 1958 | 20 | — | #2,626 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,777 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,618 |
| 1955 | 15 | — | #3,052 |
| 1954 | 18 | — | #2,665 |
| 1953 | 18 | — | #2,565 |
| 1952 | 11 | — | #3,488 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #4,668 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #3,591 |
| 1949 | 9 | — | #3,790 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #3,077 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,613 |
| 1946 | 11 | — | #3,153 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #3,303 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,579 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #5,111 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,757 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,823 |
| 1940 | 6 | — | #4,172 |