How rare is the name Marlen?

10,077 people in the United States have the first name Marlen, about 1 in 29,972. It ranks #2,456 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARLEN

#2,456

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,077
About
1 in 29,972
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,077 people named Marlen, 88.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% as White and 2.3% as Black. 93.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marlen peaked in 2003, when 272 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
272
In 2025*
48 ▼82%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 6,438 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Marlen by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,894. The largest share of babies named Marlen, 47.2%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,88234
1920s#4,961113
1930s#3,166193
1940s#4,109143
1950s#5,803101
1960s#4,620182
1970s#3,832330
1980s#3,256537
1990s#2,1221,442
2000s#1,8942,253
2010s#4,090804
2020s#5,563306
Greatest Generation 1901–272%
Silent Generation 1928–454.6%
Baby boom 1946–644%
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–9623.3%
Generation Z 1997–1247.2%
2013 and later11.6%

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 Marlen is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlen has been most common in Texas (4.1×), California (4×), and Arizona (2.4×), and least common in New York (0.42×).

3,974 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.

Either side of Marlen

#2,454 Noelia · 10,088#2,455 Dolly · 10,079#2,457 Rahul · 10,064#2,458 Karly · 10,043

Spelled almost the same

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

#529 Marlene · 106,957#1,157 Marlon · 34,097#1,859 Marlin · 15,488#2,382 Marlena · 10,496#2,857 Marlyn · 8,057#4,694 Marleny · 3,878#4,696 Marleen · 3,875#9,423 Marleni · 1,474

Also a last name

As a last name, Marlen ranks #127,742 of 156,621, with 140 people. See Marlen as a last name

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