girls:
5.5k births since 1985
#2239 (61st percentile)
overall:
5.5k births since 1985
#3652 (53rd percentile)
The name Marleigh is the #3,652 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,550 recorded births since 1985. This represents the 52.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 52.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,239 (60.8% percentile) for all time with 5,550 births since 1985.
Marleigh first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1985 (first recorded for girls in 1985).
For girls, Marleigh reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 40.7% percentile (ranked #555) with 233 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 233 births per million (ranked 40.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marleigh ranks #673 for girls (29.0% percentile) with 163 births per million, which is 69.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marleigh".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Marleigh", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 12 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Marley" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Marley..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marleigh. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 84.8% confident that Marleigh is pronounced as MAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAHR-lay, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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