Marlayna comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning "Marlayna" means "gracious warrior".
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How popular is Marlayna?
1992peak year
Today, Marlayna is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10035), with only about 13 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1992, 36 babies were given the name (ranked #3185 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1990s. Marlayna has been declining in recent years. In all, around 878 babies have been registered as Marlayna since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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