NameTides

Marlena

Marlena was the #2,957 girls' name in the US in 2025 (56 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales.

Marlena as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Marlena as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,957 (56)#3,333 (7)———
2024#3,516 (44)#5,892 (3)———
2023#3,047 (54)#4,057 (5)———
2022#2,604 (67)#3,971 (5)———
2021#2,958 (56)#4,634 (4)———
2020#2,416 (72)#3,447 (6)———
2019#2,428 (73)#2,869 (8)——#2,610 (7)
2018#2,334 (78)#3,518 (6)———
2017#2,744 (62)#2,502 (10)——#2,179 (9)
2016#2,308 (82)#2,233 (12)#675 (4)—#2,195 (9)
2015#2,471 (73)#3,615 (6)——#3,286 (5)
2014#2,096 (92)#2,203 (12)——#2,905 (6)
2013#1,968 (100)#4,739 (4)#663 (4)#747 (4)#2,376 (8)
2012#2,265 (83)#2,095 (13)———
2011#2,395 (77)#2,432 (10)—#550 (7)#3,310 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1978 at #430.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1925.

How common is it?

about 1 in 29,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlena is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 33,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 24,000 to 1 in 45,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlena by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Marlena (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarlenaCanadaGirls—too few
MarlenaEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
MarlenaIrelandGirls—too few
MarlenaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarlenaScotlandGirls—too few
MarlenaUSGirls#2,95756