Marlena

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marlena: Recorded since 1998, it reached #550 in 2011, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#550highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#4798
2006	#3116
2007	#4294
2008	#2487
2009	#2759
2010	#1815
2011	#2432
2012	#2095
2013	#4739
2014	#2203
2015	#3615
2016	#2233
2017	#2502
2018	#3518
2019	#2869
2020	#3447
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#4056
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 26 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2013: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4739 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2013
Highest recorded position: #550 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2011 (recorded 2008–2013).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marlena appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 26 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 173 births with the name.

Marlena across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marlena's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2701 (1998)	#1815 (2010)	#5891 (2024)	26 of 27	173 (1998–2024)	15 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#550 (2011)	#747 (2013)	4 of 6	18 (2008–2013)	7 (2011)

Marlena by decade in England and Wales · 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 Marlena in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	46	9 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	96	10 of 10	10
2020s	23	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marlena 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #550 in Republic of Ireland in 2011.

Marlena'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2869	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2233	12	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3615	6	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2203	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2095	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1815	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3116	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#550	7	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #550, first reached in 2011.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 10 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.

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Marlen · #193, 47y
Marlene · #91, 54y
Marley · #90, 30y

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.

Hakeem · #550, 29y
Kaelen · #547, 21y
Rahim · #553, 30y
Meisha · #546, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hakeem · #550, 29y
Persephone · #550, 27y
Esa · #549, 29y
Raees · #549, 29y

Marlena was ranked #550 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2011. 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.

Marlena 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 Marlena without appearing here.

Marlena moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4294 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1815 and #5707.
Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4798 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2095 and #5876.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4294 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Marlena

Dylan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3116 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #4294 and #2085.
Ada Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2701 and #3142 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #2189.
Cecilie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3970 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #4056 and #2504.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2869 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Marlena

Ada Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 while Ada went from #3142 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 while Alma went from #2165 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #561 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3848 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Marlena

Abigail Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 and Abigail from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 and Aimee from #68 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 and Aisling from #391 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1998 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlena went from #2701 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #550 in Republic of Ireland in 2011. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marlena

Marlena at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marlena across 2 official records

Marlena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marlena appears in

Popularity data

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Marlena at a glance

Marlena across 2 official records

Marlena by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marlena appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Marlena and the names beside it

Marlena moved ahead of

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