How Many People Are Named Marlena?
people named Marlena are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,381 people in the US has this name
Based on 11,321 babies named Marlena in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
470 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of MARLENE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marlena in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marlena alive today is about 39 years old, and 58% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 48 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marlena first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1978, to 470 babies. In 2025, 56 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marlena has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #430, in 1978. In 2025 it ranked #2,983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,983 |
| Best rank | #430 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #732 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marlena alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marlena were born in California than in any other state: about 1,584 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marlena was given 1.8 times as often in California, 1.7 times in Pennsylvania and 1.7 times in West Virginia.
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