# Marlys (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marlys/  
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 | 8,963 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 8,958 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 5 | 14,868 |
| 1995 | 5 | 14,878 |
| 1996 | 5 | 14,954 |
| 2001 | 5 | 16,979 |
| 2003 | 6 | 15,075 |
| 2004 | 6 | 15,375 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,418 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,833 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,200 |
| 2015 | 5 | 18,196 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,846 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,282 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,669 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,834 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,858 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 5 | 3,853 |

## 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.