How rare is the name Marlys?

5,598 people in the United States have the first name Marlys, about 1 in 53,953. It ranks #3,644 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

MARLYS

#3,644

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,598
About
1 in 53,953
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,598 people named Marlys, 95.6% reported their origin as White, 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.1% as American Indian or Alaska Native. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marlys peaked in 1937, when 369 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19102022
Peak year
1937
Births that year
369
In 2022
5 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,963 babies have been given the name since 1910. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Marlys by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #661. The largest share of babies named Marlys, 56.8%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1910s#2,956171
1920s#1,3031,055
1930s#6613,177
1940s#8832,430
1950s#1,4181,391
1960s#2,717463
1970s#7,363121
1980s#14,75849
1990s#22,33634
2000s#29,03130
2010s#30,91227
2020s#29,67115
Greatest Generation 1901–2710%
Silent Generation 1928–4556.8%
Baby boom 1946–6428.7%
Generation X 1965–802.8%
Millennials 1981–960.9%
Generation Z 1997–120.4%
2013 and later0.4%

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 Marlys is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marlys has been most common in North Dakota (41×), South Dakota (30×), and Minnesota (23×), and least common in California (0.22×).

7,509 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 Marlys

2 other first names also have 5,598 people.

#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598#3,644 Kaela · 5,598

Either side of Marlys

#3,644 Jerrold · 5,598#3,644 Kaela · 5,598#3,647 Darrick · 5,591#3,647 Harlee · 5,591

Spelled almost the same

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

#12,860 Marlis · 953#33,953 Marlyse · 242#35,884 Marlos · 223#38,781 Marelys · 197#42,918 Marilys · 166#50,139 Marlyss · 121#52,287 Marles · 108

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