# Marlena (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlena/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 11,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 11,321 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 180, 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 | 77 | 2,407 |
| 2012 | 83 | 2,279 |
| 2013 | 100 | 1,973 |
| 2014 | 92 | 2,110 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,494 |
| 2016 | 82 | 2,318 |
| 2017 | 62 | 2,765 |
| 2018 | 78 | 2,355 |
| 2019 | 73 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | 72 | 2,434 |
| 2021 | 56 | 2,984 |
| 2022 | 67 | 2,625 |
| 2023 | 54 | 3,070 |
| 2024 | 44 | 3,556 |
| 2025 | 56 | 2,983 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 13 | 2,095 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 12 | 2,203 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,518 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Marlena

- Marlena Shaw, American female singer (1942–2024)

## 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.