Marli Girl
How popular is Marli?
#2,298 girl name in 2025
79 baby girls were named Marli in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
Marli popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,298 for girls (▼ 245 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 79 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-23% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,950 in 2015, #2,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (171 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,391 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1954 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 1% boys, 99% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marli 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 Marli is most popular
Babies named Marli per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
Marli by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,146 |
| 1960s | 31 | #4,722 |
| 1970s | 80 | #3,970 |
| 1980s | 124 | #3,328 |
| 1990s | 289 | #3,219 |
| 2000s | 775 | #1,391 |
| 2010s | 946 | #1,892 |
| 2020s | 590 | #1,709 |
Girl names about as popular as Marli
Questions
- Is Marli a boy or girl name?
- Marli is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Marli were girls.
- How popular is the name Marli?
- 79 baby girls were named Marli in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
- When was Marli most popular?
- Marli peaked in 2008, when 171 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,391 in 2008.
- How many people are named Marli?
- 2,846 babies have been named Marli in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,816 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 15.
- Where is Marli most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marli was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 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.