Marley Girl
How popular is Marley?
#322 girl name in 2025
950 baby girls were named Marley in the US in 2025, making it the 322nd most popular girl name. Another 131 boys got the name (#1,393 for boys).
Marley popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #322 for girls (▼ 37 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 950 girls, 131 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-37% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #218 in 2015, #211 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (2,359 girls) |
| Highest rank | #145 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 13% boys, 87% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marley 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 Marley is most popular
Babies named Marley per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- South Dakota: 2.0 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- West Virginia: 1.7 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Delaware: 1.5 per 1,000 (17 girls)
- Mississippi: 1.4 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Louisiana: 1.4 per 1,000 (125 girls)
Marley by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,798 |
| 1940s | 18 | #4,234 |
| 1950s | 38 | #4,384 |
| 1960s | 41 | #4,722 |
| 1970s | 124 | #3,760 |
| 1980s | 497 | #1,444 |
| 1990s | 2,035 | #713 |
| 2000s | 8,992 | #145 |
| 2010s | 14,235 | #203 |
| 2020s | 7,053 | #211 |
Girl names about as popular as Marley
Questions
- Is Marley a boy or girl name?
- Marley is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Marley were girls.
- How popular is the name Marley?
- 950 baby girls were named Marley in the US in 2025, making it the 322nd most popular girl name. Another 131 boys got the name (#1,393 for boys).
- When was Marley most popular?
- Marley peaked in 2008, when 2,359 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #145 in 2008.
- How many people are named Marley?
- 38,404 babies have been named Marley in the US since 1880. We estimate about 37,902 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Marley most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marley was most common in South Dakota, at 2.0 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.