How rare is the name Marlie?

3,577 people in the United States have the first name Marlie, about 1 in 84,437. It ranks #4,972 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARLIE

#4,972

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,577
About
1 in 84,437
This common or more
84.7%
Who bears it

Of the 3,577 people named Marlie, 65% reported their origin as White, 13.6% as Black and 11.1% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marlie peaked in 2009, when 306 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19372025
Peak year
2009
Births that year
306
In 2025*
153 ▼50%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,542 babies have been given the name since 1937. 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.

Marlie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,350. The largest share of babies named Marlie, 47.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1930s#11,9535
1940s#11,8886
1950s#13,5468
1970s#11,73652
1980s#9,115116
1990s#5,405353
2000s#2,7751,296
2010s#2,3501,819
2020s#2,719887
Silent Generation 1928–450.1%
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–801.1%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1243.5%
2013 and later47.5%

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 Marlie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlie has been most common in Utah (3.3×), Louisiana (2.8×), and Georgia (2.6×), and least common in New York (0.44×).

2,506 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 Marlie

#4,968 Giada · 3,579#4,971 Jacinda · 3,578#4,973 Kalee · 3,576#4,974 Braedon · 3,575

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,127 Marlee · 12,597#6,376 Marli · 2,528#23,187 Marle · 424#33,953 Marlia · 242

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