Marlena is an established variant of Marlene that peaked in 1978 and has since faded.
Marlena is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,983 for girl births in the United States (and #5,243 across all names), given to 56 babies. Marlena first appears in 1925 and peaked in 1978 (470 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | 56 | #2,983 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | #3,556 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | #3,070 |
| 2022 | 67 | 67 | #2,625 |
| 2021 | 56 | 56 | #2,984 |
| 2020 | 72 | 72 | #2,434 |
| 2019 | 73 | 73 | #2,445 |
| 2018 | 78 | 78 | #2,355 |
| 2017 | 62 | 62 | #2,765 |
| 2016 | 82 | 82 | #2,318 |
| 2015 | 73 | 73 | #2,494 |
| 2014 | 92 | 92 | #2,110 |
| 2013 | 100 | 100 | #1,973 |
| 2012 | 83 | 83 | #2,279 |
| 2011 | 77 | 77 | #2,407 |
| 2010 | 72 | 72 | #2,555 |
| 2009 | 100 | 100 | #2,057 |
| 2008 | 108 | 108 | #1,961 |
| 2007 | 97 | 97 | #2,096 |
| 2006 | 113 | 113 | #1,822 |
| 2005 | 122 | 122 | #1,643 |
| 2004 | 95 | 95 | #1,970 |
| 2003 | 104 | 104 | #1,811 |
| 2002 | 140 | 140 | #1,383 |
| 2001 | 139 | 139 | #1,375 |
| 2000 | 156 | 156 | #1,260 |
| 1999 | 179 | 179 | #1,113 |
| 1998 | 219 | 219 | #946 |
| 1997 | 201 | — | #973 |
| 1996 | 211 | — | #927 |
| 1995 | 188 | — | #1,001 |
| 1994 | 238 | — | #841 |
| 1993 | 249 | — | #807 |
| 1992 | 249 | — | #809 |
| 1991 | 238 | — | #844 |
| 1990 | 194 | — | #967 |
| 1989 | 207 | — | #891 |
| 1988 | 200 | — | #884 |
| 1987 | 216 | — | #812 |
| 1986 | 252 | — | #711 |
| 1985 | 231 | — | #752 |
| 1984 | 229 | — | #721 |
| 1983 | 244 | — | #701 |
| 1982 | 290 | — | #620 |
| 1981 | 255 | — | #681 |
| 1980 | 301 | — | #611 |
| 1979 | 387 | — | #511 |
| 1978 | 470 | — | #430 |
| 1977 | 423 | — | #464 |
| 1976 | 168 | — | #827 |
| 1975 | 135 | — | #941 |
| 1974 | 125 | — | #981 |
| 1973 | 113 | — | #1,035 |
| 1972 | 102 | — | #1,104 |
| 1971 | 115 | — | #1,053 |
| 1970 | 126 | — | #992 |
| 1969 | 140 | — | #890 |
| 1968 | 116 | — | #961 |
| 1967 | 108 | — | #981 |
| 1966 | 96 | — | #1,073 |
| 1965 | 98 | — | #1,060 |
| 1964 | 107 | — | #1,049 |
| 1963 | 93 | — | #1,136 |
| 1962 | 86 | — | #1,191 |
| 1961 | 80 | — | #1,239 |
| 1960 | 71 | — | #1,308 |
| 1959 | 60 | — | #1,394 |
| 1958 | 57 | — | #1,414 |
| 1957 | 64 | — | #1,328 |
| 1956 | 64 | — | #1,307 |
| 1955 | 83 | — | #1,101 |
| 1954 | 104 | — | #949 |
| 1953 | 89 | — | #1,022 |
| 1952 | 92 | — | #987 |
| 1951 | 52 | — | #1,298 |
| 1950 | 67 | — | #1,128 |
| 1949 | 65 | — | #1,131 |
| 1948 | 60 | — | #1,167 |
| 1947 | 43 | — | #1,430 |
| 1946 | 35 | — | #1,496 |
| 1945 | 36 | — | #1,347 |
| 1944 | 37 | — | #1,331 |
| 1943 | 32 | — | #1,485 |
| 1942 | 43 | — | #1,221 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | #1,725 |
| 1940 | 12 | — | #2,518 |
| 1939 | 17 | — | #2,010 |
| 1938 | 30 | — | #1,362 |
| 1937 | 16 | — | #2,061 |
| 1936 | 12 | — | #2,471 |
| 1935 | 12 | — | #2,523 |
| 1934 | 13 | — | #2,383 |
| 1933 | 15 | — | #2,114 |
| 1932 | 11 | — | #2,769 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,398 |
| 1925 | 5 | — | #5,501 |