Marlene songs say my name!

I’ve never really minded being a Marlene.  It’s a decent name, although the variations in pronunciation and spelling occasionally make it a pain over the telephone (I use the traditional German spelling, Marlene, and pronounce it tradtionally: mar-leh-neh.  Service operators seem determined to foist the American mar-leen on me.)  Marlene peaked as a popular name in the 1920s; while it has declined in use it’s never gone away.  In 2011, it was the 883rd most popular name.  Its history can be displayed in a baby name graphic visualizer.  Don’t skip this step — the visualizer is pretty cool, and you’ll wind up putting in your own name after.  I can’t capture the Flash chart, but you can plug in the name Marlene easily.  When you do, you’ll get an idea of the name’s faded glory.

1. Baby Names Popularity – NameVoyager: Baby Name Wizard Graph of Most Popular Baby Names

   Baby names popularity and trends in the acclaimed interactive graph of baby name popularity. Watch as baby name trends rise and fall over…

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2. Even if it isn’t as popular it once was, if you look through a musical history of the name you’ll see Marlene popping up everywhere.  It’s the Zelig of song names.  Let’s take a stroll along the Marlene timeline, from the most recent to the brilliant classic from Marlene Dietrich.