Marley

What Marley means

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

Editor’s note Down from #218 in 2015 to #322 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marley?

US: Falling: down from #218 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #414 in 2015, #434 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 2,359 girls got the name (#145 that year). First in the US records in 1937.

How common

• About 1 in 1,692 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,723 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,491 baby girls in Scotland 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 MT (1.77 per 1,000 girls), WV (1.77 per 1,000 girls), MS (1.57 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Marley is #322 in the US and #434 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 87.9% of US babies named Marley were girls.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Marlee564 US · 10 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 Marley

Girls

• Hayden#437“hay + valley”^*
• Teagan#340Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1979, with 6 babies
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025
• Avery#37Editor’s note Used for both: 82% of US babies named Avery in 2025 were girls
• Addison#84Form of Adam, meaning “earth, man, soil, light brown”^*
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025

For a brother

• Cason#846“house”^*
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Ryland#703“rye + land”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Jaxon#115Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #115 in 2025
• Braxton#172Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #172 vs #2,014 in 2025

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 Marley’s. Rank is US 2025.