Girl
Marlene
As a girl's name, Marlene traces back to German, where it is understood to mean "German blend of Maria and Magdalene". It has not kept pace since its 1930s peak. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. 1936 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
GermanGerman blend of Maria and Magdalene
Etymology"Star of the sea" (Maria) + "of Magdala" (Magdalene)
Births by decade
1900s
18
1910s
264
1920s
774
1930s
37,490
1940s
29,370
1950s
25,278
1960s
12,984
1970s
5,741
1980s
4,800
1990s
5,754
2000s
5,278
2010s
1,886
Peaked in the 1930s · 129,637 total U.S. births since 1900