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How popular is the name Marly?
Births per year, rank history and how many Marlies are alive today.
Marly (male), a spelling of Marley, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2012 (ranked 3987th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2008, when 12 babies were given the name, the 1706th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marley you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Marleys born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 8,100 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.6% chance that at least one of them will be called Marley.
How many babies are named Marly each year?
Includes all spellings: Marly, Marley. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Marly spelling rank?
Where does the Marley 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 Marly most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Marley, peaked in 2009, when 489 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Marly spelling itself peaked in 2008, with 12 babies.
How many people are called Marly?
At least 8,100 people named Marly in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Marly?
Most living Marlies are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 4. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Marly becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.