Marlean

Girl · recorded 1923–1979

  • 1979last recorded
  • 1940best year

Most popular in 1940.

Last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1923

051019231937195119651979

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 23 recorded years as a table
Marlean, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19234
19327
19346
19356
19365
194010
19444
19455
19473
19493
19523
19554
19574
19583
19592
19633
19644
19653
19663
19683
19703
19714
19794

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marlean 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 1979
6
Rank in 1979
#9,010
How rare
1 in 267,544 girls
Since 1923
142

Marlean was last recorded in 1979. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1940, at 10 per million girls born.

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

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