How rare is the name Marlee?

12,597 people in the United States have the first name Marlee, about 1 in 23,976. It ranks #2,127 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARLEE

#2,127

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
12,597
About
1 in 23,976
This common or more
78.6%
Who bears it

Of the 12,597 people named Marlee, 72.8% reported their origin as White, 9.6% as Black and 8.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marlee peaked in 2008, when 900 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19152025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
900
In 2025*
577 ▼36%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 17,923 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.

Marlee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #936. The largest share of babies named Marlee, 49.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1930s#4,88394
1940s#3,867158
1950s#4,006194
1960s#4,858166
1970s#5,731180
1980s#3,554473
1990s#1,6722,064
2000s#1,2514,057
2010s#9366,577
2020s#9483,955
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–641.9%
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.7%
Generation Z 1997–1235.7%
2013 and later49.1%

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 Marlee is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlee has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Tennessee (2.1×), and Arizona (2×), and least common in Connecticut (0.22×).

15,111 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.

Either side of Marlee

#2,125 Alia · 12,618#2,126 Harlan · 12,600#2,128 Tiffani · 12,572#2,129 Aurelio · 12,539

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,318 Marley · 27,696#3,591 Marilee · 5,704#4,356 Marylee · 4,320#4,972 Marlie · 3,577#15,783 Maralee · 724#17,151 Marlea · 648#21,545 Marlei · 470#23,187 Marle · 424

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