Marleny

#4,624 in 2025Girls' name

Variant of Marlene

Marleny has been given to 1,479 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #4,624 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 63 recorded.

Babies named Marleny, 2025

1 in 111,000

Marleny over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Marleny: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Marlene

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marleny means

Marleny is a variant of Marlene.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Marlene.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,479 girls were recorded with the name Marleny between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 63 in 2022; its best national rank was #2,731 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,959 in 2020 to #4,624 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,380 in 2015 to #4,624 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Marleny?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 111,000; 30 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 53,600; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #4,624; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 76,598 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Marleny sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 76,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marleny. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marlenys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marleny was born before 2007 — so the typical Marleny is around 18 today.

Median birth year: 2007; About 18 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 28.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 67.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,479; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 28.0% of all recorded uses (414).

Is Marleny rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −447; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: +335; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,756; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.50×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 47.6%; Peak was 2022 (63)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,731; 1994

Spellings of Marleny

Marleny is not the most common spelling — Darlene is, with 28.4% against Marleny's 0.21%.

Darlene28.4%204,942
Arlene19.8%143,010
Marlene18.1%130,573
Marley4.6%33,045
Harley4.3%31,167
Marlee2.4%17,654
Carley2.3%16,918
Margery2.2%15,791

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Marleny is used

Across 1910–2025, Marleny was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 99,904 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 50,000
2New York1 in 100,000
3Texas1 in 100,000
4Alabama1 in —
5Florida1 in —
6Georgia1 in —
7New Jersey1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Marleny has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Marleny by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #4,624
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 335
Best rank ever: #2,731; 1994
Peak year: 2022; 63 that year
First recorded: 1977
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,479
Count in 2025: 30

Names similar to Marleny

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Marysol Mariely Marlina Mariska Mariama Marlynn Marelyn Marnita Martine Marilla Marlana Marleni Marvella Marlaina Marylyn Maryan Marylee Markie Mariko Marlin Marena Maryama Maryana Martie

Sibling names for Marleny

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karleigh Keren Kendyl Anabel Adelle Annabell Hayleigh Leonor

For a brother

Hamilton Evans Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Henri Gavyn

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