Baby name

Marlene

Girl

Origin of the name

Marlene comes from the German Marlene, a blend of Maria and Magdalene. The actress Marlene Dietrich made it famous.

Classic name

1936 was its best year: 5,332 births, or 1 baby in 390. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 119 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 1261.

130,573births since 1880

1930sgeneration

No. 39rank at its peak, in 1936

Where babies named Marlene are born

1936

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The darker the blue, the more common Marlene is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Marlene is most common in North Dakota (3.5 times), South Dakota (2.8) and Montana (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Darlene 204,942
Arlene 143,010
Marlee 17,654
Carlene 15,225
Earlene 14,165
Marlena 11,321

Names from the same era

Arlene · Loretta · Bobbie · Jeanette · Sylvia · Rosalie

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