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Marlee

Gender
Mostly girls
Say it
MAR-lee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#2,675 for girls
US rank, 2025
#536 for girls

Marlee is a name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 536th for girls in the US (564 babies).

What does Marlee mean?

English: spelling of Marley, an English surname

Spelling of Marley, from an English place name and surname.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Marlee a girl's or a boy's name?

In recent years, Marlee has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 564 girls and 13 boys in the US.

How popular is Marlee in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,675among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 28,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 19% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Marlee, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,431st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 30 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Marlee than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Marlee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 230 girls in the UK were given Marlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #232, up from #2,675 for this spelling alone.

In 2024, 81% of the babies named Marlee in the UK were girls.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 30 in 20212025
Marlee in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#2,675
202417#1,803
202329#1,209
202215#1,957
202130#1,201
202023#1,431
201920#1,599
201826#1,335
201722#1,541
201619#1,724
201519#1,684
201423#1,452
201327#1,324
201218#1,756
201114#2,032
201014#2,004
200916#1,763
20086#3,589
20079#2,543
20063#5,259
20055#3,543
20045#3,356
200310#1,954
20025#3,047
20011#5,353
20001#5,280
19990–
19980–
19971#5,110
19965#2,815

How popular is Marlee in the US?

Rank in 2025
#536among girls
Babies in 2025
564about 1 in 2,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 14% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 564 girls in the US were named Marlee, making it the 536th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 430th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 890 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915. 13 boys were also named Marlee in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Marlee than any year since 2011.

Half of all the girls named Marlee in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,074 girls in the US were given Marlee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #175, up from #536 for this spelling alone.

1915Busiest: 890 in 20082025
Marlee in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025564#536
2024605#508
2023608#501
2022696#453
2021684#459
2020714#430
2019697#447
2018654#480
2017648#480
2016708#453
2015696#455
2014676#470
2013651#471
2012571#530
2011549#527
2010581#514
2009792#398
2008890#367
2007364#793
2006359#765
2005332#782
2004305#821
2003283#853
2002244#916
2001230#955
2000219#965
1999220#944
1998219#940
1997174#1,078
1996207#935
1995183#1,011
1994219#883
1993303#705
1992216#902
1991169#1,068
1990154#1,123
1989120#1,308
1988108#1,326
198795#1,403
198645#2,264
198539#2,483
198414#4,965
198312#5,456
198216#4,526
198113#5,253
198011#5,911
197913#5,091
197818#3,924
197714#4,651
197613#4,612
197519#3,513
197424#2,922
197328#2,565
197213#4,299
197116#3,787
197022#3,030
196916#3,460
196820#2,874
196719#2,868
196626#2,356
196512#3,732
196416#3,243
196314#3,457
196214#3,437
196114#3,459
196015#3,211
195923#2,394
195824#2,321
195717#2,822
195619#2,621
195513#3,224
195420#2,449
195314#2,920
195220#2,326
195121#2,181
195023#2,001
194913#2,849
194825#1,900
194717#2,447
194612#2,879
194520#1,873
19448#3,377
194319#1,993
194215#2,310
194116#2,095
194013#2,296
193919#1,797
193814#2,225
193714#2,196
193610#2,688
19350–
19349#2,922
193311#2,539
19326#3,899
19315#4,329
19306#4,045
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19160–
19155#4,272

Names like Marlee

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Marlee

Marley Marlie Marli Marleigh Marly Marlei Marleah

Names related to Marlee

Marlowe Marlow Marla Marlo Marlia Mariel Marielle

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marlee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlee, updated 20 October 2026.