first name
MARLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 27,696 people named Marley, 58.6% reported their origin as White, 15.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 13.4% as Black. 86.6% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marley peaked in 2008, when 2,650 babies got the name.
At least 38,404 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.
Marley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #430. The largest share of babies named Marley, 52.7%, were born in 2013 or later.
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 Marley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marley has been most common in Utah (2.2×), Nevada (2.2×), and Arizona (1.8×), and least common in Maine (0.31×).
34,627 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 Marley
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marley ranks #5,637 of 156,621, with 5,933 people. See Marley as a last name
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