girls:
3.4k births since 1900
#2986 (48th percentile)
overall:
3.4k births since 1900
#4710 (39th percentile)
The name Marylee is the #4,710 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,369 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 39.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 39.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,986 (47.8% percentile) for all time with 3,369 births since 1900.
Marylee first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (first recorded for girls in 1900). Birth data for Marylee is available in 119 out of the 124 years between 1900 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, Marylee reached its peak popularity in 1941, achieving the 14.3% percentile (ranked #505) with 71 births per million. The name was most common in 1941, with 71 births per million (ranked 14.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marylee ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 4.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marylee".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Marylee. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 59.5% confident that Marylee is pronounced as MEH-ree-lee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEH-ree-LEE, at 40.5% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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