Feminine dossier · first seen 1904

Marlene

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marlene
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1936

Peak rank proxy

5,332

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1904Peak 19362024

Peak year

1936

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

137

All-time

130,396

Marlene once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1936, when 5,332 girls were named Marlene.

In 2024, only 137 girls were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 130,396 Americans have been named Marlene and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1904.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

19365,332 girls named Marlene

2024137 girls named Marlene

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