# Marlene (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlene/  
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 | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Marleen |
| US babies named this | 130,932 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 359 / 130,573 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 166, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Marlene.

## 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 | 299 | 874 |
| 2012 | 257 | 983 |
| 2013 | 230 | 1,076 |
| 2014 | 211 | 1,168 |
| 2015 | 216 | 1,169 |
| 2016 | 199 | 1,231 |
| 2017 | 194 | 1,235 |
| 2018 | 163 | 1,384 |
| 2019 | 160 | 1,408 |
| 2020 | 135 | 1,568 |
| 2021 | 141 | 1,502 |
| 2022 | 191 | 1,257 |
| 2023 | 167 | 1,354 |
| 2024 | 137 | 1,558 |
| 2025 | 177 | 1,268 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | 3,539 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,492 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,554 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,376 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,595 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,111 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,958 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,428 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,707 |
| 1989 | 8 | 6,013 |
| 1990 | 9 | 5,653 |
| 1991 | 10 | 5,363 |
| 1992 | 6 | 8,080 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,302 |
| 1994 | 7 | 7,479 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,705 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Marlene
- Dutch: Marleen
- Estonian: Marleen
- Finnish: Marleena
- French: Marlène
- German: Marlene
- Polish: Marlena
- Swedish: Marlene

## People named Marlene

- Marlene Dietrich, German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
- Marlène Jobert, French actress and author
- Marlene Schmidt, German actress
- Marlene Ahrens, Chilean athletics competitor (1933–2020)
- Marlène Schiappa, French politician and writer
- Marlene Mathews, Australian sprinter
- Marlene Forte, Cuban actress
- Marlene Elejarde, Cuban athletics competitor (1951–1989)
- Marlene Charell, German dancer
- Marlene Zuk, American evolutionary biologist
- Marlene Streeruwitz, Austrian author and actress (born 1950)
- Marlène Laruelle, French historian

## 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.