Marlee

What Marlee means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Marlee yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #455 in 2015 to #536 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marlee?

US: Falling: down from #455 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1649 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 890 girls got the name (#367 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 2,850 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 25,328 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in SD (2.29 per 1,000 girls), ID (1.95 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.46 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Marlee is #536 in the US and #2605 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.7% of US babies named Marlee were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marley950 US · 93 E&W
• Marlow199 US · 13 E&W
• Marla92 US · 46 E&W
• Marlo109 US · 5 E&W
• Marli79 US · 11 E&W
• Marlei34 US
• Marly25 US · 3 E&W
• Marloe10 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Marlee

Girls

• Harlow#309Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025
• Elliott#599“my God is Yahweh”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*

For a brother

• Emery#814Editor’s note Down from #745 in 2015 to #814 in 2025 in the US
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*
• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Emerson#254Editor’s note Up from #300 in 2015 to #254 in 2025 in the US
• Sawyer#122“one who saws”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marlee’s. Rank is US 2025.