Marleah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Marleah is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Marleah come from?
English: spelling of Marlea; probably a respelling of Marley, an English surname from place names
Meaning borrowed from Marlea.
Is Marleah a girl's or a boy's name?
Marleah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marleah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Marleah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Marleah in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,074 girls in the US were given Marleah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #175, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Marleah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Names like Marleah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ellie, Lily, Madison, Macie, Miller, Ivy, Harper, Presley, Parker, Harley, Hadley, Savannah
Other spellings of Marleah
Names related to Marleah
More English names
Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter, Harrison
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marleah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marleah, updated 20 October 2026.