girls:
2.7k births since 1954
#3354 (41st percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1954
#5206 (33rd percentile)
The name Marli is the #5,206 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,667 recorded births since 1954. This represents the 32.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,354 (41.3% percentile) for all time with 2,667 births since 1954.
Marli first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1954 (first recorded for girls in 1954). Birth data for Marli is available in 58 out of the 70 years between 1954 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Marli reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 16.9% percentile (ranked #818) with 82 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 82 births per million (ranked 16.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marli ranks #833 for girls (12.1% percentile) with 68 births per million, which is 82.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marli".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Marli. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Marli is pronounced as MAHR-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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