Marlene was a very popular girls' name that peaked at #39 in 1935 but is far less common today.
Marlene is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,268 for girl births in the United States (and #2,401 across all names), given to 177 babies. Marlene was first reported in SSA data in 1904 and peaked in 1936 (5,332 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | 177 | #1,268 | — |
| 2024 | 137 | 137 | #1,558 | — |
| 2023 | 167 | 167 | #1,354 | — |
| 2022 | 191 | 191 | #1,257 | — |
| 2021 | 141 | 141 | #1,502 | — |
| 2020 | 135 | 135 | #1,568 | — |
| 2019 | 160 | 160 | #1,408 | — |
| 2018 | 163 | 163 | #1,384 | — |
| 2017 | 194 | 194 | #1,235 | — |
| 2016 | 199 | 199 | #1,231 | — |
| 2015 | 216 | 216 | #1,169 | — |
| 2014 | 211 | 211 | #1,168 | — |
| 2013 | 230 | 230 | #1,076 | — |
| 2012 | 257 | 257 | #983 | — |
| 2011 | 299 | 299 | #874 | — |
| 2010 | 293 | 293 | #901 | — |
| 2009 | 392 | 392 | #739 | — |
| 2008 | 491 | 491 | #629 | — |
| 2007 | 591 | 591 | #528 | — |
| 2006 | 591 | 596 | #515 | — |
| 2005 | 537 | 537 | #538 | — |
| 2004 | 606 | 611 | #485 | — |
| 2003 | 559 | 564 | #513 | — |
| 2002 | 510 | 510 | #540 | — |
| 2001 | 487 | 487 | #544 | — |
| 2000 | 519 | 527 | #513 | — |
| 1999 | 432 | 437 | #577 | — |
| 1998 | 429 | 429 | #573 | — |
| 1997 | 448 | — | #531 | — |
| 1996 | 519 | — | #476 | — |
| 1995 | 577 | — | #444 | — |
| 1994 | 568 | — | #456 | #7,479 |
| 1993 | 618 | — | #407 | #8,302 |
| 1992 | 722 | — | #358 | #8,080 |
| 1991 | 762 | — | #344 | #5,363 |
| 1990 | 679 | — | #391 | #5,653 |
| 1989 | 609 | — | #412 | #6,013 |
| 1988 | 489 | — | #460 | — |
| 1987 | 497 | — | #449 | #7,707 |
| 1986 | 483 | — | #452 | #7,428 |
| 1985 | 445 | — | #474 | — |
| 1984 | 437 | — | #473 | — |
| 1983 | 463 | — | #451 | #5,958 |
| 1982 | 487 | — | #447 | #6,111 |
| 1981 | 449 | — | #472 | — |
| 1980 | 440 | — | #479 | — |
| 1979 | 466 | — | #442 | — |
| 1978 | 456 | — | #440 | — |
| 1977 | 492 | — | #417 | — |
| 1976 | 492 | — | #412 | — |
| 1975 | 493 | — | #409 | — |
| 1974 | 548 | — | #381 | — |
| 1973 | 534 | — | #386 | #5,595 |
| 1972 | 655 | — | #343 | — |
| 1971 | 740 | — | #343 | #5,376 |
| 1970 | 868 | — | #316 | #4,554 |
| 1969 | 889 | — | #304 | — |
| 1968 | 1,004 | — | #270 | — |
| 1967 | 1,022 | — | #264 | — |
| 1966 | 1,141 | — | #249 | — |
| 1965 | 1,212 | — | #247 | — |
| 1964 | 1,296 | — | #244 | #3,492 |
| 1963 | 1,561 | — | #219 | #3,539 |
| 1962 | 1,563 | — | #214 | #3,880 |
| 1961 | 1,646 | — | #211 | #3,269 |
| 1960 | 1,651 | — | #209 | #3,915 |
| 1959 | 1,780 | — | #200 | — |
| 1958 | 1,964 | — | #185 | — |
| 1957 | 2,126 | — | #177 | — |
| 1956 | 2,135 | — | #170 | #3,418 |
| 1955 | 2,572 | — | #142 | #3,741 |
| 1954 | 2,656 | — | #141 | #4,169 |
| 1953 | 2,767 | — | #128 | — |
| 1952 | 3,132 | — | #117 | — |
| 1951 | 3,014 | — | #118 | #3,250 |
| 1950 | 3,135 | — | #112 | #4,008 |
| 1949 | 3,045 | — | #110 | — |
| 1948 | 3,058 | — | #109 | #4,000 |
| 1947 | 2,989 | — | #114 | — |
| 1946 | 2,818 | — | #112 | — |
| 1945 | 2,541 | — | #110 | #1,984 |
| 1944 | 2,571 | — | #106 | #3,740 |
| 1943 | 2,865 | — | #104 | #2,873 |
| 1942 | 3,261 | — | #84 | #2,858 |
| 1941 | 3,088 | — | #83 | #1,568 |
| 1940 | 3,135 | — | #80 | #1,722 |
| 1939 | 3,788 | — | #64 | #1,845 |
| 1938 | 4,492 | — | #51 | #1,595 |
| 1937 | 5,053 | — | #40 | #1,802 |
| 1936 | 5,354 | — | #39 | #1,443 |
| 1935 | 4,842 | — | #39 | #2,202 |
| 1934 | 3,772 | — | #57 | #1,765 |
| 1933 | 4,060 | — | #50 | #1,881 |
| 1932 | 3,226 | — | #78 | #3,265 |
| 1931 | 2,597 | — | #95 | #2,284 |
| 1930 | 306 | — | #388 | — |
| 1929 | 129 | — | #605 | — |
| 1928 | 99 | — | #712 | — |
| 1927 | 80 | — | #820 | — |
| 1926 | 63 | — | #949 | — |
| 1925 | 58 | — | #983 | — |
| 1924 | 73 | — | #884 | — |
| 1923 | 114 | — | #689 | — |
| 1922 | 59 | — | #974 | — |
| 1921 | 43 | — | #1,178 | — |
| 1920 | 56 | — | #986 | — |
| 1919 | 47 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1918 | 46 | — | #1,083 | — |
| 1917 | 40 | — | #1,141 | — |
| 1916 | 25 | — | #1,514 | — |
| 1915 | 33 | — | #1,214 | — |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,419 | — |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,210 | — |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,284 | — |
| 1911 | 11 | — | #1,515 | — |
| 1910 | 10 | — | #1,587 | — |
| 1909 | 7 | — | #1,896 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,867 | — |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #2,067 | — |