Marilee
#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 192 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,434since 1912
Marilee over time
Rank among girls' names. Marilee has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,885 | 13 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 |
| 2015 | #6,236 | 20 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #8,196 | 14 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 |
| 2004 | #6,216 | 19 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 |
| 2002 | #5,086 | 23 |
| 2001 | #5,822 | 19 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #6,484 | 15 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,660 | 22 |
| 1996 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #2,572 | 39 |
| 1986 | #2,564 | 38 |
| 1985 | #2,362 | 42 |
| 1984 | #2,470 | 38 |
| 1983 | #2,360 | 40 |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 |
| 1980 | #2,651 | 35 |
| 1979 | #2,525 | 36 |
| 1978 | #2,350 | 38 |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 |
| 1976 | #2,135 | 40 |
| 1975 | #2,023 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,999 | 42 |
| 1973 | #1,913 | 43 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 |
| 1970 | #1,369 | 76 |
| 1969 | #1,499 | 62 |
| 1968 | #1,519 | 56 |
| 1967 | #1,239 | 74 |
| 1966 | #1,171 | 83 |
| 1965 | #1,109 | 90 |
| 1964 | #932 | 127 |
| 1963 | #870 | 145 |
| 1962 | #939 | 128 |
| 1961 | #819 | 165 |
| 1960 | #804 | 165 |
| 1959 | #835 | 151 |
| 1958 | #740 | 180 |
| 1957 | #708 | 196 |
| 1956 | #792 | 156 |
| 1955 | #634 | 214 |
| 1954 | #628 | 210 |
| 1953 | #613 | 208 |
| 1952 | #620 | 201 |
| 1951 | #699 | 157 |
| 1950 | #710 | 145 |
| 1949 | #632 | 171 |
| 1948 | #607 | 190 |
| 1947 | #574 | 221 |
| 1946 | #606 | 171 |
| 1945 | #587 | 155 |
| 1944 | #590 | 155 |
| 1943 | #550 | 188 |
| 1942 | #535 | 192 |
| 1941 | #664 | 114 |
| 1940 | #622 | 127 |
| 1939 | #664 | 105 |
| 1938 | #604 | 128 |
| 1937 | #558 | 146 |
| 1936 | #711 | 88 |
| 1935 | #779 | 75 |
| 1934 | #764 | 77 |
| 1933 | #973 | 50 |
| 1932 | #862 | 65 |
| 1931 | #797 | 72 |
| 1930 | #786 | 80 |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 |
| 1928 | #974 | 58 |
| 1927 | #1,042 | 54 |
| 1926 | #1,133 | 45 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,069 | 53 |
| 1923 | #1,350 | 34 |
| 1922 | #1,730 | 24 |
| 1921 | #1,577 | 28 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
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| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marilee! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marilee is popular in 1937
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#192 · 1 in 1,290
- Kansas#269 · 1 in 2,013
- Wisconsin#273 · 1 in 3,302
- Michigan#289 · 1 in 3,067
- Illinois#295 · 1 in 3,055
Best ever in a state: #164 in Washington, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #192 | 8 | 1 in 1,290 |
| Kansas | #269 | 6 | 1 in 2,013 |
| Wisconsin | #273 | 7 | 1 in 3,302 |
| Michigan | #289 | 13 | 1 in 3,067 |
| Illinois | #295 | 17 | 1 in 3,055 |
| California | #296 | 18 | 1 in 2,255 |
| Indiana | #298 | 8 | 1 in 3,000 |
| Minnesota | #308 | 6 | 1 in 3,382 |
| Iowa | #341 | 5 | 1 in 3,649 |
| Missouri | #366 | 7 | 1 in 3,706 |
| Oklahoma | #440 | 5 | 1 in 3,897 |
| Ohio | #462 | 7 | 1 in 6,934 |
| Pennsylvania | #507 | 7 | 1 in 10,225 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marilee
- 82 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,885)
- 7,203 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #7,885)
- 1,649 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #7,885)
- Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1930 (#1,042 → #786)
- Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1965 (#932 → #1,109)
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1942 at #535 (192 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1930–1964
- Highest: 1 in 7,035 girls born in 1942 were named Marilee (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 24.5% of all girls named Marilee (1,818) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 72 | #2,063 (1919) | #2,458 |
| 1920s | 409 | #974 (1928) | #1,321 |
| 1930s | 886 | #558 (1937) | #750 |
| 1940s | 1,684 | #535 (1942) | #597 |
| 1950s | 1,818 | #613 (1953) | #698 |
| 1960s | 1,095 | #804 (1960) | #1,090 |
| 1970s | 459 | #1,369 (1970) | #2,016 |
| 1980s | 380 | #2,360 (1983) | #2,593 |
| 1990s | 228 | #2,920 (1992) | #4,740 |
| 2000s | 192 | #5,086 (2002) | #6,339 |
| 2010s | 144 | #6,236 (2015) | #8,062 |
| 2020s | 67 | #7,247 (2023) | #9,506 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marilee in 1937
Top girls' names in 1937
More about 1937
girls
1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 7,288 of them was named Marilee, which outranked 88.7% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #551Vicki148
- #556Gale147
- #556Zelda147
- #558Marilee146
- #558Delma146
- #558Dianna146
- #558Doretha146
- #563Cheryl145
- #563Ruthann145
- #565Carroll144
Tied with 4 names at #558; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.