NameTides

Marli

Marli was the #2,298 girls' name in the US in 2025 (79 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales.

Marli as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Marli as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSEngland & Wales
Marli as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,298 (79)#2,440 (11)#539 (5)—
2024#2,053 (94)#2,575 (10)——
2023#1,709 (120)#2,346 (11)#630 (4)—
2022#1,907 (105)#1,849 (15)——
2021#1,926 (102)#1,785 (16)——
2020#2,050 (90)#2,042 (13)——
2019#1,933 (102)#1,854 (15)——
2018#1,915 (104)#2,340 (11)——
2017#1,930 (104)#2,706 (9)——
2016#2,084 (94)#2,367 (11)——
2015#1,950 (103)#2,705 (9)#806 (3)—
2014#1,892 (106)#3,160 (7)—#3,316 (5)
2013#2,211 (84)#4,050 (5)#663 (4)—
2012#2,373 (78)#3,681 (6)——
2011#2,346 (79)#1,608 (18)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2008 at #1,391.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1954.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 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 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 23,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Marli is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 19,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 26,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marli by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,921TXFlorida: #1,685FL
Marli (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarliCanadaGirls—too few
MarliEngland & WalesGirls#2,44011
MarliEngland & WalesBoys—too few
MarliNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarliNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarliScotlandGirls#5395
MarliUSGirls#2,29879
MarliUSBoys—too few