Girl name#1,663 of girl names
Marilee
Pronounced M AA1 R IH1 L IY1 (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1947
- 113 years in use
How popular is Marilee?
Marilee is a girls' name, and first appears in 1912. It has been given to 7,420 children — the 1,663rd most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 133 births across the past decade, against a peak of 221 in a single year. That peak was in 1947.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- M AA1 R IH1 L IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 111
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Marilee
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Marilee
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Marilee?
- Marilee ranks 1,663rd among girls' names in US records, with 7,420 births since 1912. Over the past decade it accounts for 133.
- Is Marilee a unisex name?
- No. Marilee is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Marilee most popular?
- 1947, when 221 children were given the name. It has been in use for 113 years and is still recorded as of 2024.