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How popular is the name Marlie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marlies are alive today.
Marlie (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Marley in England and Wales, ranked 622nd in 2025 with 63 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 68 babies were given the name, the 575th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2014, with 58 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marley you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Marleys born in England and Wales are between 5 and 16, and there are at least 3,800 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Marley.
How many babies are named Marlie each year?
Includes all spellings: Marlie, Marlee, Marley, Marli, Marly. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Marlie spelling rank?
Where does the Marlee spelling rank?
Where does the Marley spelling rank?
Where does the Marli spelling rank?
Where does the Marly spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Marlie most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Marley, peaked in 2021, when 231 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Marlie spelling itself peaked in 2024, with 68 babies.
How many people are called Marlie?
At least 3,800 people named Marlie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marlie?
Most living Marlies are between 5 and 16; the most common age is about 4.
Is Marlie becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.