Marleigh Girl

How popular is Marleigh?

#975 girl name in 2025

261 baby girls were named Marleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 975th most popular girl name.

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6,076living people named Marleigh (est.)
10median age of people named Marleigh
6,111babies named Marleigh since 1880
1 in 12,702US babies born in 2025

Marleigh popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#975 for girls (▼ 63 from 2024)
Babies in 2025261 girls
10-year trendSteady (-15% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#901 in 2015, #723 in 2020
Peak year2021 (419 girls)
Highest rank#689 in 2021
First recorded1985
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Marleigh 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.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
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 Marleigh is most popular

Babies named Marleigh per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Mississippi: 1.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
  2. Alabama: 1.0 per 1,000 (90 girls)
  3. Louisiana: 0.9 per 1,000 (81 girls)
  4. South Carolina: 0.8 per 1,000 (70 girls)
  5. Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (27 girls)

Marleigh by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s37#6,272
1990s264#3,144
2000s1,099#973
2010s2,651#899
2020s2,060#689

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Questions

Is Marleigh a boy or girl name?
Marleigh is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marleigh were girls.
How popular is the name Marleigh?
261 baby girls were named Marleigh in the US in 2025, making it the 975th most popular girl name.
When was Marleigh most popular?
Marleigh peaked in 2021, when 419 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #689 in 2021.
How many people are named Marleigh?
6,111 babies have been named Marleigh in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,076 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
Where is Marleigh most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Marleigh was most common in Mississippi, at 1.1 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.