# Marlen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,438 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 926 / 5,512 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 116 | 1,766 |
| 2012 | 93 | 2,074 |
| 2013 | 80 | 2,321 |
| 2014 | 58 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 62 | 2,836 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,751 |
| 2017 | 55 | 3,002 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,993 |
| 2019 | 53 | 3,073 |
| 2020 | 56 | 2,921 |
| 2021 | 52 | 3,144 |
| 2022 | 47 | 3,394 |
| 2023 | 44 | 3,558 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,555 |
| 2025 | 42 | 3,626 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 13 | 5,772 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7,348 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,936 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,261 |
| 2007 | 5 | 13,678 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,043 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,567 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,551 |
| 2011 | 5 | 13,621 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,530 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,348 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,354 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,374 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,455 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,514 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Marlen

- Marlen Haushofer, Austrian writer (1920–1970)
- Marlen Esparza, American boxer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.