Marlen

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marlen: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marlen: Recorded since 1963, it reached #193 in 1990, and it stood at #454 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
47times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#193highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2014

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#5691

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 60 years from 1963 to 2022.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1963–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1963
First recorded at #472 among girls in Norway in 1963 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1963–2022
Highest recorded position: #193 among girls in Norway, in 1990 (recorded 1963–2022).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #454 among girls in Norway, in 2022.
Norway · Girls

Marlen by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marlen in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	16	3 of 10	5
1970s	49	8 of 10	6
1980s	142	10 of 10	14
1990sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2000s	66	10 of 10	7
2010s	20	4 of 10	5
2020s	5	1 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Marlen appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1963 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 1990.

Marlen's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#454	5	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#564	4	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#531	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#548	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#532	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#484	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#450	8	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#454	7	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#506	6	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#631	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#315	13	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#432	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#353	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#408	9	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#520	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#272	16	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#260	18	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#263	18	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#263	19	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#257	20	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#224	27	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#193	31	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#271	19	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#287	18	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#212	28	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#321	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#294	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#443	9	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#366	11	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#315	14	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#647	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#461	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#480	7	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#440	8	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#563	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#430	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#516	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#533	5	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#509	5	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#467	6	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#472	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1963 and 2022, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #193, first reached in 1990.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2014, and 51 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marlee · #353, 25y
Marleigh · #638, 19y
Marlena · #550, 26y
Marlene · #91, 54y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Malvin · #193, 47y
Kerstin · #198, 43y
Dora · #202, 43y
Brona · #203, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Garvan · #193, 22y
Milena · #193, 55y
Finnian · #192, 44y
Frederik · #192, 55y

Marlen was ranked #193 in Norway · Girls in 1990. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marlen and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marlen without appearing here.

Marlen moved ahead of

Wenche Compare
In 1998 they stood at #520 and #486 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #353 and #638.
Jacqueline Compare
In 1984 they stood at #443 and #438 in Norway · Girls; by 1985 that had become #294 and #564.
Barbara Compare
In 1989 they stood at #271 and #258 in Norway · Girls; by 1990 that had become #193 and #434.
Susan Compare
In 1998 they stood at #520 and #481 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #353 and #587.

Moved ahead of Marlen

Amelia Compare
In 2001 they stood at #315 and #368 in Norway · Girls; by 2002 that had become #631 and #265.
Olivia Compare
In 1996 they stood at #272 and #316 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #520 and #219.
Jessica Compare
In 1996 they stood at #272 and #378 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #520 and #232.
Tara Compare
In 1996 they stood at #272 and #366 in Norway · Girls; by 1997 that had become #520 and #237.

Moved the opposite way to Marlen

Leah Compare
Between 1982 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marlen went from #315 to #454 while Leah went from #546 to #18.
Matilda Compare
Between 1986 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marlen went from #321 to #454 while Matilda went from #526 to #200.
Zoe Compare
Between 1987 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marlen went from #212 to #454 while Zoe went from #637 to #289.
Iben Compare
Between 1988 and 2022 in Norway · Girls, Marlen went from #287 to #454 while Iben went from #668 to #7.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1963 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #193 in Norway in 1990. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Marlen

Marlen at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marlen by decade in Norway · Girls

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Marlen at a glance

Marlen by decade in Norway · Girls

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