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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Marleny

Marleny was the 4625th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 2736th; the most babies were born in 2022 (63). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,757 places. More babies were named Marleny in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,625 girls, up 336 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
30girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202263 babies
Total since 1880
1,479babies recorded

Marleny popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#4,62530
2020#4,96126
2010#4,00738
2000#4,25029
1990#6,02115
1980#11,4495
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How popular is Marleny, counting every spelling?

Marleny is the most common spelling of a name family that had 47 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 47 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Marleny30#4,625220
Marleni17#6,73360

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Marleny?

30 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marleny (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marleny born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 280 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marleny.

Chance of another Marleny in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Marleny?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Marleny are alive today, with a median age of 19; half are between 10 and 29. That makes Marleny mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Marleny by state

How common Marleny was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.7×), Texas (1.5×). In 46 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesTX0.04Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Marleny, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Marleny: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Marleny, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Marleny

How popular is the name Marleny?

Marleny was the 4625th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 30 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 2736th; the most babies were born in 2022 (63). Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,757 places. More babies were named Marleny in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Marleny a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Marleny in the US.

Where is Marleny most popular?

In 2021–2025, Marleny was most common in California (0.05 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Georgia.