Marlana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-LAN-a
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Marlana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Marlana come from?
Modern: elaboration of Marla or Marlene
Is Marlana a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Marlana, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1978, with 169 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Marlana in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marlana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 32 | #4,283 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 31 | #4,067 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,252 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,180 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,730 |
| 1994 | 61 | #2,183 |
| 1993 | 55 | #2,317 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,948 |
| 1989 | 71 | #1,846 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,767 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,497 |
| 1986 | 97 | #1,346 |
| 1985 | 83 | #1,482 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,535 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,552 |
| 1982 | 86 | #1,417 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,406 |
| 1980 | 78 | #1,518 |
| 1979 | 144 | #989 |
| 1978 | 169 | #867 |
| 1977 | 119 | #1,088 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 33 | #2,276 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 33 | #2,091 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,537 |
| 1964 | 31 | #2,150 |
| 1963 | 24 | #2,488 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 20 | #2,580 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,970 |
| 1954 | 18 | #2,591 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,515 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
Names like Marlana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Marisol, Maria, Angela, Marissa, Marina, Amanda, Miranda, Vanessa, Sierra, Mara, Cassandra
Names related to Marlana
Marilyn, Marlene, Marlin, Marlena, Marlen, Marleny, Marlyn, Marelyn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Marlana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlana, updated 20 October 2026.