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How popular is the name Marlena?

Births per year, rank history and how many Marlenas are alive today.

Marlena (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 3333rd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 2010, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1815th most popular that year. It has declined since 2010; the 2025 figure is roughly 47% of its peak. Common short forms of Marlena include Marla.

The Marlena you are most likely to meet is around 15 years old. Half of all Marlenas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 22, and there are at least 210 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Marlena - on average, only one in every 1,500 such rooms contains a Marlena.

How many babies are named Marlena each year?

051015200020201998: 51999: 32001: 32002: 52003: 42004: 42005: 32006: 62007: 42008: 92009: 82010: 152011: 102012: 132013: 42014: 122015: 62016: 122017: 102018: 62019: 82020: 62021: 42022: 52023: 52024: 32025: 7actual

Where does Marlena rank among girls' names?

1101001,00010,000200020201998: ranked 2,7011999: ranked 3,9002001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 2,8682003: ranked 3,5942004: ranked 3,7252005: ranked 4,7982006: ranked 3,1162007: ranked 4,2942008: ranked 2,4872009: ranked 2,7592010: ranked 1,8152011: ranked 2,4322012: ranked 2,0952013: ranked 4,7392014: ranked 2,2032015: ranked 3,6152016: ranked 2,2332017: ranked 2,5022018: ranked 3,5182019: ranked 2,8692020: ranked 3,4472021: ranked 4,6342022: ranked 3,9712023: ranked 4,0572024: ranked 5,8922025: ranked 3,333

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Common questions

When was the name Marlena most popular?

Marlena peaked in 2010, when 15 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Marlena?

At least 210 people named Marlena born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Marlena?

Most living Marlenas are between 9 and 22; the most common age is about 15.

Is Marlena becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2010 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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