girl's name

Marline

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,864

Marline is a girl's name. In 2017 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1935, when 39 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1915.

Marline over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2017, not a full ten years.

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Births named Marline by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 19
1920s 76
1930s 292
1940s 247
1950s 228
1960s 186
1970s 118
1980s 136
1990s 100
2000s 95
2010s (to 2017) 27

How popular is Marline?

In 2017, Marline was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Marline is used

France #7,441 5 in 2025
United States #15,865 6 in 2017

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marline

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marline also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marline over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marline

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marline — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marline

How popular is the name Marline?

In 2017, Marline was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Marline a girl's or a boy's name?

Marline is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marline most popular?

Marline peaked in 1935, when 39 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Marline a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marline currently ranks #7,441 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.