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 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
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| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 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.
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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,065 of them was named Marlys, which outranked 93.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #329Willa368
- #331Bernadette367
- #331Vicki367
- #333Marlys360
- #333Rhoda360
- #335Bonita359
- #336Sybil357
- #337Earnestine356
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Marlys, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.