Marlee

#536 for girls in 2025, 564 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to girls 98.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2008 · 890 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,654
since 1915

Marlee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marlee has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #367, 2008girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#536564#6,44613
2024#508605#7,25711
2023#501608#7,28911
2022#453696#5,44517
2021#459684#5,56216
2020#430714#5,45116
2019#447697#5,15318
2018#480654#4,22624
2017#480648#4,74620
2016#453708#5,31817
2015#455696#4,54521
2014#470676#4,86619
2013#471651
2012#530571#8,1589
2011#527549#9,6007
2010#514581#7,08711
2009#398792#5,33417
2008#367890#7,69810
2007#793364#9,7887
2006#765359
2005#782332
2004#821305#11,3565
2003#853283
2002#916244
2001#956230
2000#966219
1999#946220
1998#941219
1997#1,079174
1996#936207
1995#1,014183
1994#884219
1993#705303
1992#904216
1991#1,071169
1990#1,127154
1989#1,311120
1988#1,327108
1987#1,40495
1986#2,26545
1985#2,48439
1984#4,96614
1983#5,45712
1982#4,52716
1981#5,25413
1980#5,91211
1979#5,09213
1978#3,92418
1977#4,65214
1976#4,61413
1975#3,51419
1974#2,92224
1973#2,56528
1972#4,30013
1971#3,78916
1970#3,03022
1969#3,46116
1968#2,87420
1967#2,86819
1966#2,35726
1965#3,73312
1964#3,24416
1963#3,45814
1962#3,43814
1961#3,46014
1960#3,21215
1959#2,39523
1958#2,32224
1957#2,82317
1956#2,62219
1955#3,22513
1954#2,45020
1953#2,92114
1952#2,32720
1951#2,18221
1950#2,00223
1949#2,85013
1948#1,90125
1947#2,44817
1946#2,88012
1945#1,87420
1944#3,3788
1943#1,99419
1942#2,31115
1941#2,09616
1940#2,29713
1939#1,79719
1938#2,22514
1937#2,19614
1936#2,68910
1935
1934#2,9239
1933#2,54011
1932#3,9016
1931#4,3315
1930#4,0476
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five girls were named Marlee! It came in at #4,274, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1915–1929, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marlee
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#508#536)
  • 106 spots since 2020 (#430#536)
  • 81 spots since 2015 (#455#536)
  • Biggest jump: 426 spots in 2008 (#793#367)
  • Biggest drop: 179 spots in 1994 (#705#884)
Rise & fade · girls
93 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2008 at #367 (890 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,125
  • Highest: 1 in 2,125 girls born in 2008 were named Marlee (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,850 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 36.4% of all girls named Marlee (6,431) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,274 (1915)#4,274
1920s0
1930s94#1,797 (1939)#2,961
1940s158#1,874 (1945)#2,403
1950s194#2,002 (1950)#2,527
1960s166#2,357 (1966)#3,211
1970s180#2,565 (1973)#3,840
1980s473#1,311 (1989)#3,491
1990s2,064#705 (1993)#961
2000s4,018#367 (2008)#762
2010s6,431#447 (2019)#483
2020s3,871#430 (2020)#481

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.

Marlee in 1998

girls
#941
219 births · 1 in 8,068 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #941Marlee219
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 8,068 of them was named Marlee, which outranked 94.3% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlee
  1. #936Catalina220
  2. #936Constance220
  3. #936Harmony220
  4. #941Marlee219
  5. #941Brionna219
  6. #941Elisha219
  7. #941Hazel219
  8. #947Corina218
  9. #948Lexis217
  10. #948Nautica217

Tied with 5 names at #941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. 2,123Calista#2,820#697
  2. 1,165Ireland#1,983#818
  3. 1,158Abril#2,116#958
  4. 755Mya#993#238
  5. 619Ally#1,036#417
Fallers
  1. 586Yulissa#424#1,010
  2. 462Moesha#943#1,405
  3. 397Yulisa#985#1,382
  4. 376Tonya#905#1,281
  5. 347Xena#765#1,112

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1998