Marly Girl
How popular is Marly?
#5,098 girl name in 2025
25 baby girls were named Marly in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
Marly popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,098 for girls (▼ 1523 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 25 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,766 in 2015, #5,310 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (89 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,218 in 2008 |
| First recorded | 1949 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marly counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marley family of names ranked #158 for girls in 2025 (#144 the year before), with 2,121 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marley | 950 | 45% |
| Marlee | 564 | 27% |
| Marleigh | 261 | 12% |
| Marlie | 153 | 7% |
| Marli | 79 | 4% |
| Marely | 38 | 2% |
| Marly | 25 | 1% |
| Mareli | 20 | 1% |
| Marilee | 13 | 1% |
| Marily | 9 | 0% |
| Marylee | 9 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marly is most popular
Babies named Marly per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Marly by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1950s | 19 | #4,653 |
| 1960s | 22 | #5,972 |
| 1970s | 82 | #3,313 |
| 1980s | 146 | #3,620 |
| 1990s | 279 | #3,261 |
| 2000s | 497 | #2,218 |
| 2010s | 431 | #2,751 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,575 |
Girl names about as popular as Marly
Questions
- Is Marly a boy or girl name?
- Marly is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Marly were girls.
- How popular is the name Marly?
- 25 baby girls were named Marly in the US in 2025, making it the 5098th most popular girl name.
- When was Marly most popular?
- Marly peaked in 2008, when 89 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,218 in 2008.
- How many people are named Marly?
- 1,665 babies have been named Marly in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,636 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 20.
- Where is Marly most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marly was most common in Florida, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.