Marlys
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1936 · 367 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,958since 1910
Marlys over time
Rank among girls' names. Marlys has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | — | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #9,237 | 6 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,147 | 30 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,411 | 25 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,433 | 62 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,565 | 52 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,350 | 67 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,279 | 75 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,227 | 79 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,110 | 93 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,059 | 98 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,010 | 107 | — | |
| 1956 | #914 | 121 | — | |
| 1955 | #925 | 113 | — | |
| 1954 | #760 | 150 | — | |
| 1953 | #674 | 178 | — | |
| 1952 | #705 | 160 | — | |
| 1951 | #626 | 190 | — | |
| 1950 | #633 | 181 | — | |
| 1949 | #618 | 179 | — | |
| 1948 | #599 | 194 | — | |
| 1947 | #564 | 227 | — | |
| 1946 | #500 | 243 | — | |
| 1945 | #468 | 234 | — | |
| 1944 | #472 | 227 | — | |
| 1943 | #438 | 285 | — | |
| 1942 | #453 | 264 | — | |
| 1941 | #409 | 282 | — | |
| 1940 | #394 | 295 | — | |
| 1939 | #343 | 343 | — | |
| 1938 | #333 | 360 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #325 | 369 | — | |
| 1936 | #323 | 367 | — | |
| 1935 | #341 | 350 | — | |
| 1934 | #343 | 343 | — | |
| 1933 | #354 | 312 | — | |
| 1932 | #423 | 240 | — | |
| 1931 | #392 | 277 | — | |
| 1930 | #462 | 211 | — | |
| 1929 | #522 | 170 | — | |
| 1928 | #552 | 160 | — | |
| 1927 | #565 | 158 | — | |
| 1926 | #652 | 123 | — | |
| 1925 | #693 | 113 | — | |
| 1924 | #816 | 84 | — | |
| 1923 | #811 | 81 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,044 | 52 | — | |
| 1921 | #914 | 66 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,074 | 48 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,121 | 43 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,537 | 27 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,896 | 13 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | — | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marlys! It came in at #2,398, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1912, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlys is popular in 1921
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#157 · 1 in 758
- Minnesota#164 · 1 in 1,035
- Iowa#208 · 1 in 1,522
Best ever in a state: #25 in North Dakota, 1939.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #157 | 9 | 1 in 758 |
| Minnesota | #164 | 23 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Iowa | #208 | 15 | 1 in 1,522 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Marlys
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 233 spots in 1923 (#1,044 → #811)
- Biggest drop: 165 spots in 1955 (#760 → #925)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1936 at #323 (367 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1923–1956
- Highest: 1 in 2,835 girls born in 1936 were named Marlys (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all girls named Marlys (3,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 171 | #1,121 (1919) | #1,861 |
| 1920s | 1,055 | #522 (1929) | #764 |
| 1930s | 3,172 | #323 (1936) | #364 |
| 1940s | 2,430 | #394 (1940) | #492 |
| 1950s | 1,391 | #626 (1951) | #842 |
| 1960s | 463 | #1,227 (1960) | #1,918 |
| 1970s | 121 | #2,938 (1970) | #5,250 |
| 1980s | 49 | #5,885 (1981) | #8,914 |
| 1990s | 34 | #8,588 (1991) | #12,554 |
| 2000s | 30 | #13,832 (2008) | #14,472 |
| 2010s | 27 | #9,411 (2016) | #14,119 |
| 2020s | 15 | #15,088 (2020) | #15,215 |
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.
Marlys in 1921
Top girls' names in 1921
More about 1921
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1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 18,683 of them was named Marlys, which outranked 84.4% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).