Marilee

#7,885 for girls in 2025, 13 births

Peak · girls
1942 · 192 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,434
since 1912

Marilee over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marilee has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #535, 1942girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,88513
2024#7,96713
2023#7,24715
2022#10,3839
2021#8,46412
2020#15,0885
2019#6,41418
2018#8,61712
2017#7,84014
2016#7,23016
2015#6,23620
2014#8,05314
2013#8,58013
2012#8,20814
2011#8,19614
2010#11,2469
2009#7,34117
2008#7,40817
2007#5,52625
2006#6,59219
2005#6,82017
2004#6,21619
2003#5,41922
2002#5,08623
2001#5,82219
2000#7,15814
1999#6,48415
1998#5,36319
1997#4,66022
1996#4,18425
1995#6,25714
1994#4,37623
1993#4,25724
1992#2,92040
1991#5,18118
1990#3,71428
1989#3,25332
1988#2,86736
1987#2,57239
1986#2,56438
1985#2,36242
1984#2,47038
1983#2,36040
1982#2,45139
1981#2,37541
1980#2,65135
1979#2,52536
1978#2,35038
1977#2,42336
1976#2,13540
1975#2,02343
1974#1,99942
1973#1,91343
1972#1,83246
1971#1,59459
1970#1,36976
1969#1,49962
1968#1,51956
1967#1,23974
1966#1,17183
1965#1,10990
1964#932127
1963#870145
1962#939128
1961#819165
1960#804165
1959#835151
1958#740180
1957#708196
1956#792156
1955#634214
1954#628210
1953#613208
1952#620201
1951#699157
1950#710145
1949#632171
1948#607190
1947#574221
1946#606171
1945#587155
1944#590155
1943#550188
1942#535192
1941#664114
1940#622127
1939#664105
1938#604128
1937#558146
1936#71188
1935#77975
1934#76477
1933#97350
1932#86265
1931#79772
1930#78680
1929#1,04249
1928#97458
1927#1,04254
1926#1,13345
1925#1,11947
1924#1,06953
1923#1,35034
1922#1,73024
1921#1,57728
1920#2,17217
1919#2,06317
1918#2,51913
1917#2,31614
1916#2,83310
1915#2,38412
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Marilee! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1913–1914, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Marilee is popular in 1956

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNHWashington: #524 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,727 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #317 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,370 girlsMNIllinois: #475 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 5,828 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedWIMichigan: #612 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 10,443 girlsMINew York: #1,199 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 32,950 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedSDIowa: #401 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,715 girlsIAIndiana: #464 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,610 girlsINOhio: #712 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,421 girlsOHPennsylvania: #802 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 19,297 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #664 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,690 girlsCAUtah: #276 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,505 girlsUTColorado: #316 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,343 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedHITexas: #963 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 14,353 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Marilee, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#276 · 1 in 1,505
  2. Colorado#316 · 1 in 2,343
  3. Minnesota#317 · 1 in 3,370
  4. Iowa#401 · 1 in 4,715
  5. Indiana#464 · 1 in 5,610

Best ever in a state: #164 in Washington, 1943.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#27671 in 1,505
Colorado#31681 in 2,343
Minnesota#317111 in 3,370
Iowa#40161 in 4,715
Indiana#46491 in 5,610
Illinois#475181 in 5,828
Washington#52451 in 5,727
Michigan#61291 in 10,443
California#664181 in 8,690
Ohio#71281 in 13,421
Pennsylvania#80261 in 19,297
Texas#96381 in 14,353
New York#1,19951 in 32,950
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Marilee
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 82 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #7,885)
  • 7,203 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #7,885)
  • 1,649 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #7,885)
  • Biggest jump: 256 spots in 1930 (#1,042 → #786)
  • Biggest drop: 177 spots in 1965 (#932 → #1,109)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1942 at #535 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1930–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 7,035
  • Highest: 1 in 7,035 girls born in 1942 were named Marilee (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 123,636 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Marilee (1,818) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s72#2,063 (1919)#2,458
1920s409#974 (1928)#1,321
1930s886#558 (1937)#750
1940s1,684#535 (1942)#597
1950s1,818#613 (1953)#698
1960s1,095#804 (1960)#1,090
1970s459#1,369 (1970)#2,016
1980s380#2,360 (1983)#2,593
1990s228#2,920 (1992)#4,740
2000s192#5,086 (2002)#6,339
2010s144#6,236 (2015)#8,062
2020s67#7,247 (2023)#9,506

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.

Marilee in 1956

girls
#792
156 births · 1 in 12,870 girls

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #792Marilee156
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 12,870 of them was named Marilee, which outranked 88.5% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marilee
  1. #789David157
  2. #789Pearlie157
  3. #789Tracie157
  4. #792Marilee156
  5. #792Bethany156
  6. #792Charles156
  7. #792Meryl156
  8. #798Sandi155
  9. #799Delphine154
  10. #799Lourdes154

Tied with 5 names at #792; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. ↑ 993Sheena#1,839 → #846
  2. ↑ 770Glendora#1,733 → #963
  3. ↑ 684Leesa#1,209 → #525
  4. ↑ 543Marisa#1,074 → #531
  5. ↑ 537Dani#1,383 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 513Sheilah#663 → #1,176
  2. ↓ 481Jeryl#768 → #1,249
  3. ↓ 344Jacalyn#496 → #840
  4. ↓ 325Roni#536 → #861
  5. ↓ 314Florine#984 → #1,298

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1956 →