NameTides

Marlene

Marlene was the #1,261 girls' name in the US in 2025 (177 babies), and #4,867 in England & Wales and #2,282 in Canada.

Marlene as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlene 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.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marlene 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.02.557.5101880192019602000
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#1,261 (177)#4,867 (4)——#2,282 (9)
2024#1,553 (137)#4,844 (4)——#3,383 (5)
2023#1,348 (167)#4,057 (5)——#2,203 (9)
2022#1,256 (191)———#2,835 (6)
2021#1,498 (141)#2,942 (8)——#2,185 (9)
2020#1,559 (135)#3,117 (7)——#2,591 (7)
2019#1,406 (160)———#2,374 (8)
2018#1,378 (163)#3,985 (5)——#2,151 (9)
2017#1,233 (194)#5,765 (3)——#2,609 (7)
2016#1,229 (199)#3,609 (6)——#1,600 (14)
2015#1,167 (216)#2,705 (9)——#2,011 (10)
2014#1,164 (211)#3,514 (6)—#876 (3)#1,786 (12)
2013#1,073 (230)#3,536 (6)——#2,204 (9)
2012#978 (257)#4,171 (5)—#907 (3)#2,158 (9)
2011#873 (299)#4,049 (5)—#937 (3)#1,882 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1936 at #39.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1904.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,100 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 9,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 63,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 17,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlene is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,900 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlene by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #731MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #1,210MINew 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: #815INOhio: #878OHPennsylvania: #871PANew Jersey: #1,036NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #800CAUtah: 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: #632AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth 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: #1,352TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Marlene (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
MarleneCanadaGirls#2,2829
MarleneEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
MarleneIrelandGirls—too few
MarleneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarleneScotlandGirls—too few
MarleneUSGirls#1,261177
MarleneUSBoys—too few