girls:
5.4k births since 1932
#2273 (60th percentile)
boys:
920 births since 1915
#3671 (20th percentile)
overall:
6.3k births since 1915
#3408 (56th percentile)
The name Marlen is the #3,408 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,345 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 56.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 56.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,273 (60.2% percentile) for all time with 5,425 births since 1932. For boys, it ranks #3,671 (19.9% percentile) for all time with 920 births since 1915.
Marlen first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1932 for girls). Birth data for Marlen is available in 107 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (94 years for boys and 81 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marlen has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 89.8% of babies named Marlen were girls. Interestingly, until around 1963, the name was more popular for boys (77.2% boys from 1915 to 1962), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (92.4% girls from 1963 to 2023).
For girls, Marlen reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 27.6% percentile (ranked #657) with 129 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 129 births per million (ranked 27.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marlen ranks #908 for girls (4.1% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 19.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marlen reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #503) with 23 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 23 births per million (ranked 4.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marlen ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 11.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marlen".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marlen. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.5% confident that Marlen is pronounced as MAHR-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-lehn, at 34.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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