Marilena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-LEH-nah
- Origin
- Italian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Marilena is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Marilena mean?
Italian: European blend of Maria and Elena
A blend of Maria and Elena, used in Italy, Greece and Romania.
Is Marilena a girl's or a boy's name?
Marilena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marilena in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 6 girls.
Marilena in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Marilena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Marilena, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the girls named Marilena in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marilena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 14 | #6,257 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
Nicknames for Marilena
Names like Marilena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana Aria Sienna Eliana Victoria Ariella Francesca Arabella Alora Isabella Kiara Mia
Names related to Marilena
Marilyn Marlena Marlene Marlin Marlen Marilynn Marleny Marlyn
More Italian names
Enzo Bella Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo Nella
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marilena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marilena, updated 20 October 2026.