girls:
46 births since 1973
#5670 (1st percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1935
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
52 births since 1935
#7687 (1st percentile)
The name Marle is the #7,687 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 52 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 0.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,670 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 46 births since 1973. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1935.
Marle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for boys and 1973 for girls). Birth data for Marle is available in 9 out of the 82 years between 1935 and 2016 (8 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marle has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.5% of all recorded births being female. In 2016, 100.0% of babies named Marle were girls. Interestingly, until around 1973, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1935 to 1972), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (100.0% girls from 1973 to 2016).
For girls, Marle reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #981) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
For boys, Marle reached its peak popularity in 1935, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #515) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1935, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1935.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marle".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Marle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Marle is pronounced as mahrl, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-lee, at 13.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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