How rare is the name Marleen?

3,875 people in the United States have the first name Marleen, about 1 in 77,944. It ranks #4,696 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MARLEEN

#4,696

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,875
About
1 in 77,944
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,875 people named Marleen, 61.6% reported their origin as White, 25.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marleen peaked in 1951, when 133 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19262025
Peak year
1951
Births that year
133
In 2025*
8 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,121 babies have been given the name since 1926. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marleen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,558. The largest share of babies named Marleen, 39.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#9,76523
1930s#2,042406
1940s#1,558822
1950s#1,737938
1960s#2,684473
1970s#3,973313
1980s#5,802230
1990s#6,212288
2000s#6,659363
2010s#10,666199
2020s#15,22366
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4520%
Baby boom 1946–6439.3%
Generation X 1965–8013.1%
Millennials 1981–969.6%
Generation Z 1997–1213.2%
2013 and later4.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marleen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marleen has been most common in California (4.4×), Wisconsin (1.8×), and New York (1.7×), and least common in Texas (0.62×).

1,887 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Marleen

2 other first names also have 3,875 people.

#4,696 Lauro · 3,875#4,696 Pawel · 3,875

Either side of Marleen

#4,695 Douglass · 3,876#4,696 Lauro · 3,875#4,696 Pawel · 3,875#4,699 Dylon · 3,874

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marleen, most common first.

#529 Marlene · 106,957#1,157 Marlon · 34,097#1,859 Marlin · 15,488#2,382 Marlena · 10,496#2,456 Marlen · 10,077#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#4,694 Marleny · 3,878#9,423 Marleni · 1,474

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