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Marlen

girl name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
2
Peak era
1990s/2020s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

variant of Marlene, a German blend of Maria and Magdalene

How popular is Marlen around the world?

In the United States, 306 babies were named Marlen between 2020 and 2025. In Argentina, 76 newborns were given the name Marlen in 2024.

Marlen is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Mexico City, Austria, Spain, Brazil and England and Wales.

United States

1 in 71,000

In the United States, 306 babies were named Marlen between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Marlen peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Argentina

1 in 8,700

In Argentina, 76 newborns were given the name Marlen in 2024.

2012peak 20162024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Mexico City City

1 in 9,000

In Mexico City, there were 13 registrations of Marlen in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (2 registrations through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Austria

1 in 15,000

In Austria, 5 girls named Marlen were born in 2025, the 742nd most common name among girls that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.

1984peak 19972025

share of that year’s births on record

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Spain

1 in 66,000

In Spain, 675 residents are named Marlen, ranked 1,901st among women, with a mean age of 41.2 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Brazil

1 in 170,000

At the 2022 census, 1,172 people in Brazil were named Marlen, ranked 7,429th, with a median age of 33.
Among people named Marlen living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1990s than in any other decade.

1940speak 1990s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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England and Wales

1 in 200,000

In England and Wales, 3 girls named Marlen were born in 2025, ranked 5,927th among girls that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Chile

last on record 2020

Marlen is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.

1920peak 19872021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Montevideo City

last on record 1999

Marlen is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Norway

last on record 2022

Marlen is not on the 2025 record for Norway, where names carried by fewer than 4 people in a year are withheld at source.

1960peak 19902025

share of the girls on the register for that year, SSB’s own figure

People who have or have had a Norwegian ID number, emigrants left out, from Statistics Norway’s name statistics (release of January 2026): by year of birth for 1945–2020 (everyone born that year who was ever registered in Norway, including people who registered later and people who have since died) and by year of naming from 2021; only first names carried by 200 or more living people are listed, counts under 4 are withheld, and SSB merges spellings that differ only by letters outside the Norwegian alphabet. The shares are SSB’s own, of the people of that sex and year in that count; the 2025 figure counts the children named that year, and no year is a count of births. Source: Statistics Norway (SSB), table 10467 (updated 2026-01-28)

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South Australia

last on record 1963

Marlen is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown.

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When you meet Marlen

Most people given the name Marlen in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Marlen

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