How rare is the name Marilee?

5,704 people in the United States have the first name Marilee, about 1 in 52,951. It ranks #3,591 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

MARILEE

#3,591

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,704
About
1 in 52,951
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,704 people named Marilee, 89.2% reported their origin as White, 5.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marilee peaked in 1947, when 221 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19122025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
221
In 2025*
13 ▼94%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,434 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Marilee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,051. The largest share of babies named Marilee, 44.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#4,92072
1920s#2,210409
1930s#1,321886
1940s#1,0511,684
1950s#1,2371,818
1960s#1,7271,095
1970s#3,142459
1980s#4,084380
1990s#7,383228
2000s#10,386192
2010s#13,267144
2020s#15,07867
Greatest Generation 1901–275%
Silent Generation 1928–4525.9%
Baby boom 1946–6444.4%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–967%
Generation Z 1997–123.8%
2013 and later2.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Marilee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marilee has been most common in Utah (5.3×), Washington (4.6×), and Iowa (3.4×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.4×).

3,931 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Marilee

1 other first name also has 5,704 people.

#3,591 Ellison · 5,704

Either side of Marilee

#3,590 Vern · 5,707#3,591 Ellison · 5,704#3,593 Jessa · 5,700#3,594 Tenley · 5,696

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marilee, most common first.

#1,318 Marley · 27,696#2,127 Marlee · 12,597#2,628 Mariel · 9,033#3,515 Marilou · 5,888#3,749 Marilu · 5,335#4,194 Marielle · 4,554#4,356 Marylee · 4,320#4,972 Marlie · 3,577

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