Marlen
Girl · mar-LEN · Hebrew
Marlen is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Marlen mean?
Hebrew: form of Marlene, a German blend of Maria and Magdalene
A form of Marlene, a German contraction of Maria Magdalene popularised by the actress Marlene Dietrich.
- Say it
- mar-LEN
Is Marlen a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls and 6 boys in the US.
How popular is Marlen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Marlen, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 263 girls. It first appears in the records in 1932. 6 boys were also named Marlen in 2025 (10,690th for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Marlen than any year since 1987.
Half of all the girls named Marlen in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 girls in the US were given Marlen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,569, up from #3,576 for this spelling alone.
- Marlen 42
- Marleen 8
In 1936, 28% of the babies named Marlen in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 88%, with more girls than boys since 1973.
Marlen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 47 | #3,364 |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,112 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 53 | #3,043 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,739 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,920 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 93 | #2,064 |
| 2011 | 116 | #1,758 |
| 2010 | 138 | #1,584 |
| 2009 | 170 | #1,392 |
| 2008 | 213 | #1,193 |
| 2007 | 263 | #1,003 |
| 2006 | 224 | #1,119 |
| 2005 | 230 | #1,041 |
| 2004 | 216 | #1,067 |
| 2003 | 259 | #918 |
| 2002 | 200 | #1,062 |
| 2001 | 184 | #1,135 |
| 2000 | 212 | #998 |
| 1999 | 121 | #1,440 |
| 1998 | 149 | #1,224 |
| 1997 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 1996 | 157 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 1993 | 122 | #1,350 |
| 1992 | 139 | #1,246 |
| 1991 | 124 | #1,324 |
| 1990 | 113 | #1,393 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,920 |
| 1988 | 58 | #2,028 |
| 1987 | 40 | #2,529 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 44 | #2,226 |
| 1983 | 45 | #2,155 |
| 1982 | 56 | #1,900 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,409 |
| 1980 | 44 | #2,246 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 27 | #2,791 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 20 | #3,313 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,711 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 16 | #3,314 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
Names like Marlen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Marlen
Names related to Marlen
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