How popular is the name Marley?

Marley ranks 489th among girls' names in US records, with 64,038 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 24,337.

Is Marley a unisex name?

No. Marley is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2008, when 3,688 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Marlee, Marli. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#489 of girl names

Pronounced M AA1 R L IY0 (ARPABET)

Marley is a girls' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 64,038 children — the 489th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2008, when 3,688 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Marlee and Marli — because they are pronounced identically.

2008Girls: 3,688Boys: 301

These spellings sound identical to Marley and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Marley?: Marley ranks 489th among girls' names in US records, with 64,038 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 24,337.
Is Marley a unisex name?: No. Marley is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Marley most popular?: 2008, when 3,688 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Marley spelled?: Marlee, Marli. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.