How rare is the name Marleigh?

3,553 people in the United States have the first name Marleigh, about 1 in 85,007. It ranks #4,992 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MARLEIGH

#4,992

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,553
About
1 in 85,007
This common or more
84.8%
Who bears it

Of the 3,553 people named Marleigh, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Black and 8.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marleigh peaked in 2021, when 419 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19852025
Peak year
2021
Births that year
419
In 2025*
261 ▼38%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,111 babies have been given the name since 1985. 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.

Marleigh by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,539. The largest share of babies named Marleigh, 66.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1980s#16,59337
1990s#6,605264
2000s#3,1241,099
2010s#1,8282,651
2020s#1,5392,060
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–1230.8%
2013 and later66.1%

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 Marleigh is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marleigh has been most common in Mississippi (3.3×), Alabama (3.1×), and Louisiana (3.1×), and least common in New Jersey (0.25×).

4,665 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 Marleigh

2 other first names also have 3,553 people.

#4,992 Carolee · 3,553#4,992 Evon · 3,553

Either side of Marleigh

#4,992 Carolee · 3,553#4,992 Evon · 3,553#4,995 Lex · 3,551#4,996 Awilda · 3,550

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