Marlayna
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-LAY-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Marlayna is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
Where does Marlayna come from?
Modern: respelling of Marlena, a blend of Maria and Magdalena
Is Marlayna a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlayna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlayna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 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, 10 girls in the US were named Marlayna, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1957.
2025 had more girls named Marlayna than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Marlayna in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marlayna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,829 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
Names like Marlayna
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mckenna, Brianna, Kiana, Kiara, Briana, Sierra, Miranda, Melina, Montana, Sienna, Mariana, Ariana
Names related to Marlayna
Marilyn, Marlene, Marlin, Marlena, Marlen, Marilynn, Marleny, Marlyn
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, “Marlayna: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlayna, updated 20 October 2026.