NameTides

Marley

Marley was the #322 girls' name in the US in 2025 (950 babies), and #434 in England & Wales and #523 in Canada.

Marley as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Marley as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#322 (950)#434 (93)#284 (12)——#523 (58)
2024#285 (1,108)#377 (114)#160 (26)#227 (7)#556 (6)#527 (57)
2023#284 (1,108)#340 (126)#236 (16)——#443 (66)
2022#276 (1,139)#340 (127)#238 (16)——#480 (61)
2021#215 (1,379)#348 (133)#191 (22)#350 (4)#390 (10)#376 (85)
2020#211 (1,369)#354 (125)#241 (15)—#834 (3)#415 (74)
2019#233 (1,336)#373 (117)#199 (21)——#445 (74)
2018#222 (1,418)#379 (119)#286 (13)—#336 (13)#373 (88)
2017#209 (1,475)#367 (127)#201 (22)#432 (3)#651 (5)#374 (89)
2016#215 (1,500)#415 (107)#287 (14)#440 (3)#661 (5)#294 (113)
2015#218 (1,499)#414 (107)#236 (17)#358 (4)#751 (4)#366 (93)
2014#203 (1,650)#432 (101)#180 (26)—#584 (6)#319 (105)
2013#209 (1,533)#492 (86)#288 (14)#440 (3)#894 (3)#327 (100)
2012#260 (1,242)#639 (65)#278 (16)——#292 (112)
2011#259 (1,237)#464 (92)#229 (19)—#798 (4)#301 (109)

Marley as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandUSCanada
Marley as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,393 (131)#125 (395)#208 (20)#237 (8)#468 (7)#1,944 (10)
2024#1,224 (164)#121 (441)#246 (16)#339 (4)—#2,238 (8)
2023#1,203 (166)#131 (410)#241 (17)—#362 (10)#1,687 (11)
2022#1,138 (184)#128 (437)#256 (15)#352 (4)#509 (6)#1,142 (19)
2021#1,131 (180)#129 (444)#437 (7)#295 (6)#631 (4)#1,076 (21)
2020#942 (234)#142 (395)#350 (10)—#496 (6)#943 (24)
2019#1,063 (192)#186 (282)#355 (9)—#506 (6)#1,256 (16)
2018#889 (244)#179 (294)#433 (7)#365 (4)#471 (7)#1,471 (12)
2017#947 (220)#177 (315)#406 (8)#415 (3)#710 (3)#1,038 (21)
2016#855 (263)#188 (297)#486 (6)#358 (4)#601 (4)#1,283 (15)
2015#859 (262)#204 (283)#359 (9)—#615 (4)#1,204 (16)
2014#816 (279)#193 (292)#322 (12)#398 (3)#428 (8)#1,936 (8)
2013#878 (239)#185 (302)#299 (13)——#1,002 (21)
2012#1,027 (190)#169 (345)#392 (8)#273 (6)—#1,334 (14)
2011#1,043 (182)#157 (376)#364 (9)#291 (5)#730 (3)#1,681 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #145.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1937.
  • In 2025, 88% of US babies named Marley were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 13,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 690common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 980common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marley is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,800 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,600 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marley by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #265WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #430WAIdaho: #221IDMontana: #208MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #241MNIllinois: #417ILMichigan: #244MINew York: #411NYMassachusetts: #481MAOregon: #429ORNevada: #178NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #226IAIndiana: #234INOhio: #276OHPennsylvania: #321PANew Jersey: #535NJConnecticut: #393CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #458CAUtah: #231UTColorado: #298CONebraska: #335NEMissouri: #256MOKentucky: #286KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #345VAMaryland: #379MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #446AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: #335ARTennessee: #226TNNorth Carolina: #311NCSouth Carolina: #198SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #225OKLouisiana: #195LAMississippi: #182MSAlabama: #283ALGeorgia: #216GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #507TXFlorida: #351FL
Marley (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#48326

Marley (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
MarleyCanadaGirls#52358
MarleyCanadaBoys#1,94410
MarleyEngland & WalesGirls#43493
MarleyEngland & WalesBoys#125395
MarleyIrelandGirls—too few
MarleyIrelandBoys#4687
MarleyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarleyNorthern IrelandBoys#2378
MarleyScotlandGirls#28412
MarleyScotlandBoys#20820
MarleyUSGirls#322950
MarleyUSBoys#1,393131