Marlene

Boy · recorded 1931–1994

  • 1994last recorded
  • 1936best year

Most popular in 1936.

Last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Marlene.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1931

0112119311947196319781994

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Marlene, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
193112
19327
193315
193416
193512
193621
193715
193817
193914
194015
194116
19426
19436
19444
194510
19483
19503
19514
19542
19553
19563
19603
19614
19623
19633
19644
19703
19713
19733
19823
19833
19863
19873
19894
19904
19915
19923
19933
19944

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marlene isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1994
7
Rank in 1994
#6,968
How rare
1 in 276,004 boys
Since 1931
359

Marlene was last recorded in 1994. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1936, at 21 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marlene doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.