Marlee Girl
How popular is Marlee?
#536 girl name in 2025
564 baby girls were named Marlee in the US in 2025, making it the 536th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
Marlee popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #536 for girls (▼ 28 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 564 girls, 13 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-19% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #455 in 2015, #430 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (890 girls) |
| Highest rank | #367 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 2% boys, 98% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marlee counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marley family of names ranked #158 for girls in 2025 (#144 the year before), with 2,121 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marley | 950 | 45% |
| Marlee | 564 | 27% |
| Marleigh | 261 | 12% |
| Marlie | 153 | 7% |
| Marli | 79 | 4% |
| Marely | 38 | 2% |
| Marly | 25 | 1% |
| Mareli | 20 | 1% |
| Marilee | 13 | 1% |
| Marily | 9 | 0% |
| Marylee | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marlee is most popular
Babies named Marlee per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 1.6 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.3 per 1,000 (62 girls)
- Wyoming: 1.2 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Alabama: 1.1 per 1,000 (100 girls)
- Kentucky: 1.1 per 1,000 (91 girls)
Marlee by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1930s | 94 | #1,797 |
| 1940s | 158 | #1,873 |
| 1950s | 194 | #2,001 |
| 1960s | 166 | #2,356 |
| 1970s | 180 | #2,565 |
| 1980s | 473 | #1,308 |
| 1990s | 2,064 | #705 |
| 2000s | 4,018 | #367 |
| 2010s | 6,431 | #447 |
| 2020s | 3,871 | #430 |
Girl names about as popular as Marlee
Questions
- Is Marlee a boy or girl name?
- Marlee is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 98% of babies named Marlee were girls.
- How popular is the name Marlee?
- 564 baby girls were named Marlee in the US in 2025, making it the 536th most popular girl name. Another 13 boys got the name (#6,442 for boys).
- When was Marlee most popular?
- Marlee peaked in 2008, when 890 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #367 in 2008.
- How many people are named Marlee?
- 17,923 babies have been named Marlee in the US since 1880. We estimate about 17,597 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Marlee most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marlee was most common in West Virginia, at 1.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.