# Marlee (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlee/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 17,923 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 269 / 17,654 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 495, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Marley.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 549 | 528 |
| 2012 | 571 | 533 |
| 2013 | 651 | 472 |
| 2014 | 676 | 470 |
| 2015 | 696 | 455 |
| 2016 | 708 | 454 |
| 2017 | 648 | 481 |
| 2018 | 654 | 482 |
| 2019 | 697 | 447 |
| 2020 | 714 | 430 |
| 2021 | 684 | 460 |
| 2022 | 696 | 455 |
| 2023 | 608 | 501 |
| 2024 | 605 | 510 |
| 2025 | 564 | 536 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 7,405 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,359 |
| 2012 | 9 | 8,620 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,996 |
| 2015 | 21 | 4,650 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,459 |
| 2017 | 20 | 4,869 |
| 2018 | 24 | 4,310 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,277 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,607 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,697 |
| 2022 | 17 | 5,555 |
| 2023 | 11 | 7,573 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,569 |
| 2025 | 13 | 6,678 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 27 | 1,253 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2016 | 14 | 2,008 |
| 2017 | 21 | 1,512 |
| 2018 | 25 | 1,314 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,352 |
| 2021 | 29 | 1,161 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,743 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,605 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |

## People named Marlee

- Marlee Matlin, American actress (born 1965)
- Nesta Cooper, Canadian actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.