Marlene
Girl · Hebrew
Marlene is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 1,261st for girls in the US (177 babies).
What does Marlene mean?
Hebrew
A female given name from Hebrew borrowed from German in early 20th century.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Marlene a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlene is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 177 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlene in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Marlene, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Marlene in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#77) and 1944 (#68).
Marlene in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,681 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Marlene in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,261among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 177about 1 in 9,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 177 girls in the US were named Marlene, making it the 1,261st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,559th. Its busiest year was 1936, with 5,332 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Marlene in the US since 1880 were born between 1938 and 1963, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marlene in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 177 | #1,261 |
| 2024 | 137 | #1,553 |
| 2023 | 167 | #1,348 |
| 2022 | 191 | #1,256 |
| 2021 | 141 | #1,498 |
| 2020 | 135 | #1,559 |
| 2019 | 160 | #1,406 |
| 2018 | 163 | #1,378 |
| 2017 | 194 | #1,233 |
| 2016 | 199 | #1,229 |
| 2015 | 216 | #1,167 |
| 2014 | 211 | #1,164 |
| 2013 | 230 | #1,073 |
| 2012 | 257 | #978 |
| 2011 | 299 | #873 |
| 2010 | 293 | #901 |
| 2009 | 392 | #739 |
| 2008 | 491 | #628 |
| 2007 | 591 | #528 |
| 2006 | 591 | #515 |
| 2005 | 537 | #538 |
| 2004 | 606 | #485 |
| 2003 | 559 | #513 |
| 2002 | 510 | #538 |
| 2001 | 487 | #544 |
| 2000 | 519 | #512 |
| 1999 | 432 | #577 |
| 1998 | 429 | #573 |
| 1997 | 448 | #531 |
| 1996 | 519 | #475 |
| 1995 | 577 | #443 |
| 1994 | 561 | #455 |
| 1993 | 612 | #407 |
| 1992 | 716 | #358 |
| 1991 | 752 | #344 |
| 1990 | 670 | #391 |
| 1989 | 601 | #411 |
| 1988 | 489 | #458 |
| 1987 | 492 | #447 |
| 1986 | 478 | #452 |
| 1985 | 445 | #474 |
| 1984 | 437 | #471 |
| 1983 | 457 | #451 |
| 1982 | 481 | #446 |
| 1981 | 449 | #472 |
| 1980 | 440 | #478 |
| 1979 | 466 | #442 |
| 1978 | 456 | #439 |
| 1977 | 492 | #417 |
| 1976 | 492 | #412 |
| 1975 | 493 | #409 |
| 1974 | 548 | #381 |
| 1973 | 529 | #386 |
| 1972 | 655 | #343 |
| 1971 | 735 | #343 |
| 1970 | 862 | #316 |
| 1969 | 889 | #304 |
| 1968 | 1,004 | #270 |
| 1967 | 1,022 | #264 |
| 1966 | 1,141 | #249 |
| 1965 | 1,212 | #247 |
| 1964 | 1,289 | #244 |
| 1963 | 1,554 | #219 |
| 1962 | 1,557 | #214 |
| 1961 | 1,638 | #211 |
| 1960 | 1,645 | #208 |
| 1959 | 1,780 | #200 |
| 1958 | 1,964 | #185 |
| 1957 | 2,126 | #177 |
| 1956 | 2,128 | #170 |
| 1955 | 2,566 | #142 |
| 1954 | 2,651 | #141 |
| 1953 | 2,767 | #128 |
| 1952 | 3,132 | #117 |
| 1951 | 3,007 | #118 |
| 1950 | 3,130 | #112 |
| 1949 | 3,045 | #110 |
| 1948 | 3,053 | #109 |
| 1947 | 2,989 | #114 |
| 1946 | 2,818 | #112 |
| 1945 | 2,528 | #110 |
| 1944 | 2,566 | #106 |
| 1943 | 2,857 | #104 |
| 1942 | 3,253 | #84 |
| 1941 | 3,068 | #83 |
| 1940 | 3,118 | #80 |
| 1939 | 3,773 | #64 |
| 1938 | 4,473 | #51 |
| 1937 | 5,037 | #40 |
| 1936 | 5,332 | #39 |
| 1935 | 4,830 | #39 |
| 1934 | 3,755 | #57 |
| 1933 | 4,045 | #50 |
| 1932 | 3,219 | #78 |
| 1931 | 2,585 | #95 |
| 1930 | 306 | #388 |
| 1929 | 129 | #603 |
| 1928 | 99 | #710 |
| 1927 | 80 | #817 |
| 1926 | 63 | #942 |
| 1925 | 58 | #976 |
| 1924 | 73 | #880 |
| 1923 | 114 | #687 |
| 1922 | 59 | #969 |
| 1921 | 43 | #1,168 |
| 1920 | 56 | #980 |
| 1919 | 47 | #1,057 |
| 1918 | 46 | #1,073 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,385 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,176 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,521 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
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