girls:
16.5k births since 1915
#1164 (80th percentile)
boys:
244 births since 2004
#4342 (5th percentile)
overall:
16.7k births since 1915
#1997 (74th percentile)
The name Marlee is the #1,997 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,717 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 74.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 74.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,164 (79.6% percentile) for all time with 16,473 births since 1915. For boys, it ranks #4,342 (5.3% percentile) for all time with 244 births since 2004.
Marlee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for girls and 2004 for boys). Birth data for Marlee is available in 94 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (94 years for girls and 17 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 Marlee has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.5% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Marlee reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 64.1% percentile (ranked #354) with 427 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 427 births per million (ranked 64.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marlee ranks #446 for girls (53.0% percentile) with 346 births per million, which is 80.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marlee reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #894) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Marlee ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 48.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marlee".
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