How rare is the name Marylee?

4,320 people in the United States have the first name Marylee, about 1 in 69,915. It ranks #4,356 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

MARYLEE

#4,356

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,320
About
1 in 69,915
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,320 people named Marylee, 84.9% reported their origin as White, 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Marylee peaked in 1941, when 89 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19002025
Peak year
1941
Births that year
89
In 2025*
9 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 3,385 babies have been given the name since 1900. 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.

Marylee by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,620. The largest share of babies named Marylee, 29%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent Generation's birth years.

1900s#2,82344
1910s#2,239267
1920s#2,129431
1930s#1,952442
1940s#1,620759
1950s#2,663412
1960s#3,281333
1970s#6,900134
1980s#7,185166
1990s#10,723133
2000s#15,915104
2010s#15,615112
2020s#18,50648
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2719.6%
Silent Generation 1928–4529%
Baby boom 1946–6427.3%
Generation X 1965–807.7%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–125.1%
2013 and later3.6%

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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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