How rare is the name Marleny?

3,878 people in the United States have the first name Marleny, about 1 in 77,883. It ranks #4,694 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARLENY

#4,694

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,878
About
1 in 77,883
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,878 people named Marleny, 98.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1% as White. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marleny peaked in 2022, when 63 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19772025
Peak year
2022
Births that year
63
In 2025*
30 ▼52%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,479 babies have been given the name since 1977. 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.

Marleny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #5,901. The largest share of babies named Marleny, 43.1%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#18,65415
1980s#8,815122
1990s#5,901310
2000s#6,099414
2010s#6,880372
2020s#6,447246
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–9622.4%
Generation Z 1997–1243.1%
2013 and later33.1%

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.

Either side of Marleny

#4,692 Lauretta · 3,884#4,693 Dillion · 3,882#4,695 Douglass · 3,876#4,696 Lauro · 3,875

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marleny, 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#4,696 Marleen · 3,875#6,734 Marlana · 2,348

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