Marley
- #322 for girls in 2025, 950 births
- #1,393 for boys in 2025, 131 births
- Given to girls 86.0% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2008 · 2,359 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 33,045since 1937
Marley over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #322 | 950 | #1,393 | 131 |
| 2024 | #285 | 1,108 | #1,224 | 164 |
| 2023 | #284 | 1,108 | #1,203 | 166 |
| 2022 | #276 | 1,139 | #1,138 | 184 |
| 2021 | #215 | 1,379 | #1,131 | 180 |
| 2020 | #211 | 1,369 | #942 | 234 |
| 2019 | #233 | 1,336 | #1,063 | 192 |
| 2018 | #222 | 1,418 | #889 | 244 |
| 2017 | #209 | 1,475 | #947 | 220 |
| 2016 | #215 | 1,500 | #855 | 263 |
| 2015 | #218 | 1,499 | #859 | 262 |
| 2014 | #203 | 1,650 | #816 | 279 |
| 2013 | #209 | 1,533 | #878 | 239 |
| 2012 | #260 | 1,242 | #1,027 | 190 |
| 2011 | #259 | 1,237 | #1,043 | 182 |
| 2010 | #234 | 1,345 | #914 | 221 |
| 2009 | #149 | 2,171 | #789 | 286 |
| 2008 | #145 | 2,359 | #763 | 291 |
| 2007 | #390 | 839 | #1,263 | 139 |
| 2006 | #416 | 766 | #1,255 | 133 |
| 2005 | #472 | 651 | #1,525 | 93 |
| 2004 | #515 | 556 | #1,687 | 76 |
| 2003 | #574 | 486 | #1,529 | 84 |
| 2002 | #630 | 404 | #1,571 | 78 |
| 2001 | #596 | 423 | #1,841 | 60 |
| 2000 | #695 | 337 | #1,815 | 59 |
| 1999 | #714 | 317 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #752 | 287 | #2,157 | 42 |
| 1997 | #891 | 226 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #857 | 233 | #2,679 | 28 |
| 1995 | #902 | 210 | #3,020 | 23 |
| 1994 | #898 | 214 | #2,219 | 36 |
| 1993 | #1,044 | 176 | #2,295 | 33 |
| 1992 | #1,149 | 153 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #1,248 | 135 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #1,733 | 84 | #4,167 | 13 |
| 1989 | #1,574 | 89 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #1,686 | 76 | #4,162 | 11 |
| 1987 | #1,812 | 64 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #1,802 | 63 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #1,445 | 86 | #3,805 | 11 |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #4,141 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | #2,596 | 18 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 | #3,221 | 13 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #3,761 | 19 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #4,041 | 15 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | — | — | ||
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| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | — | #2,628 | 10 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | #3,452 | 6 | |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,109 | 6 | |
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | #2,268 | 11 | |
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| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
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| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,780 | 6 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,175 | 8 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #3,177 | 7 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1937
The first year at least five girls were named Marley! It came in at #3,800, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1945, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marley is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Nevada#178 · 1 in 657
- West Virginia#181 · 1 in 564
- Mississippi#182 · 1 in 636
- Louisiana#195 · 1 in 744
- South Carolina#198 · 1 in 762
Best ever in a state: #45 in Hawaii, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #178 | 14 | 1 in 657 |
| West Virginia | #181 | 9 | 1 in 564 |
| Mississippi | #182 | 14 | 1 in 636 |
| Louisiana | #195 | 22 | 1 in 744 |
| South Carolina | #198 | 24 | 1 in 762 |
| Montana | #208 | 5 | 1 in 565 |
| Georgia | #216 | 49 | 1 in 923 |
| Idaho | #221 | 10 | 1 in 716 |
| Oklahoma | #225 | 17 | 1 in 869 |
| Iowa | #226 | 15 | 1 in 785 |
| Tennessee | #226 | 35 | 1 in 916 |
| Utah | #231 | 20 | 1 in 854 |
| Indiana | #234 | 30 | 1 in 930 |
| Minnesota | #241 | 23 | 1 in 934 |
| Michigan | #244 | 37 | 1 in 966 |
| Missouri | #256 | 24 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Wisconsin | #265 | 20 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Ohio | #276 | 40 | 1 in 1,182 |
| Alabama | #283 | 17 | 1 in 1,078 |
| Kentucky | #286 | 15 | 1 in 1,150 |
| Colorado | #298 | 20 | 1 in 1,166 |
| North Carolina | #311 | 35 | 1 in 1,328 |
| Pennsylvania | #321 | 34 | 1 in 1,373 |
| Arkansas | #335 | 9 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Nebraska | #335 | 6 | 1 in 1,183 |
| Virginia | #345 | 23 | 1 in 1,467 |
| Florida | #351 | 52 | 1 in 1,668 |
| Kansas | #361 | 9 | 1 in 1,312 |
| Maryland | #379 | 14 | 1 in 1,428 |
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| New York | #411 | 42 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Illinois | #417 | 25 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Oregon | #429 | 8 | 1 in 1,632 |
| Washington | #430 | 16 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Arizona | #446 | 15 | 1 in 1,881 |
| California | #458 | 73 | 1 in 2,215 |
| Massachusetts | #481 | 11 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Texas | #507 | 63 | 1 in 2,548 |
| New Jersey | #535 | 14 | 1 in 2,536 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Marley
Momentum · girls
Falling
- 111 spots since 2020 (#211 → #322)
- Biggest jump: 245 spots in 2008
- Biggest drop: 85 spots in 2010
Rise & fade · girls
71 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1937
- Peaked 2008 at #145 (2,359 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1994–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 802
- Highest: 1 in 802 girls born in 2008 were named Marley (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,692 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 43.1% of all girls named Marley (14,235) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1962
- Mostly boys until 1961, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #3,800 (1937) | #3,824 |
| 1940s | 18 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,632 |
| 1950s | 38 | #4,385 (1951) | #4,990 |
| 1960s | 41 | #4,723 (1969) | #5,744 |
| 1970s | 124 | #3,761 (1977) | #4,985 |
| 1980s | 497 | #1,445 (1985) | #2,663 |
| 1990s | 2,035 | #714 (1999) | #1,019 |
| 2000s | 8,992 | #145 (2008) | #458 |
| 2010s | 14,235 | #203 (2014) | #226 |
| 2020s | 7,053 | #211 (2020) | #266 |
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.
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