Marlie Girl
How popular is Marlie?
#1,417 girl name in 2025
153 baby girls were named Marlie in the US in 2025, making it the 1417th most popular girl name.
Marlie popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,417 for girls (▲ 162 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 153 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-26% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,204 in 2015, #1,389 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2009 (306 girls) |
| Highest rank | #894 in 2009 |
| First recorded | 1937 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marlie 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 Marlie is most popular
Babies named Marlie per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Marlie by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1940s | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1950s | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1970s | 52 | #5,578 |
| 1980s | 116 | #4,280 |
| 1990s | 353 | #2,564 |
| 2000s | 1,296 | #894 |
| 2010s | 1,819 | #1,099 |
| 2020s | 887 | #1,364 |
Girl names about as popular as Marlie
Questions
- Is Marlie a boy or girl name?
- Marlie is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marlie were girls.
- How popular is the name Marlie?
- 153 baby girls were named Marlie in the US in 2025, making it the 1417th most popular girl name.
- When was Marlie most popular?
- Marlie peaked in 2009, when 306 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #894 in 2009.
- How many people are named Marlie?
- 4,542 babies have been named Marlie in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,500 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Marlie most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marlie was most common in Tennessee, 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.