Marlee

Marlee was the #536 girls' name in the US in 2025 (564 babies), and #2,605 in England & Wales and #1,106 in Canada.

Marlee as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Marlee as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#536 (564)#2,605 (10)——#1,106 (24)
2024#508 (605)#1,743 (17)——#917 (30)
2023#501 (608)#1,135 (29)——#958 (27)
2022#453 (696)#1,948 (14)——#696 (40)
2021#459 (684)#1,161 (29)——#997 (27)
2020#430 (714)#1,352 (23)—#834 (3)#840 (33)
2019#447 (697)#1,497 (20)——#747 (39)
2018#480 (654)#1,314 (25)——#928 (29)
2017#480 (648)#1,512 (21)——#775 (36)
2016#453 (708)#2,008 (14)#353 (4)—#646 (46)
2015#455 (696)#1,649 (18)——#778 (36)
2014#470 (676)#1,411 (22)——#695 (41)
2013#471 (651)#1,253 (27)——#739 (38)
2012#530 (571)#1,720 (17)——#1,055 (24)
2011#527 (549)#2,025 (13)——#730 (38)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #367.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 26,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 6,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlee is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,800 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlee by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #732WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #424MINew York: #1,312NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #160SDIowa: #258IAIndiana: #444INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #487PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,323CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #634CONebraska: #267NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #662VAMaryland: #511MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #286KSArkansas: #376ARTennessee: #315TNNorth Carolina: #427NCSouth Carolina: #560SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #272OKLouisiana: #241LAMississippi: #196MSAlabama: #201ALGeorgia: #305GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #462FL
Marlee (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1819

Marlee (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarleeCanadaGirls#1,10624
MarleeEngland & WalesGirls#2,60510
MarleeEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MarleeIrelandGirls—too few
MarleeNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarleeNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarleeUSGirls#536564
MarleeUSBoys#6,44613