Marlia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAR-lee-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
Marlia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies).
Where does Marlia come from?
Modern: modern coinage
Is Marlia a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Marlia, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Marlia of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the girls named Marlia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,809th in England and Wales.
Marlia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
Names like Marlia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aria Maria Margot Maeva Ophelia Athena Mabel Lucia Rosa Aurora Cecilia Myla
Names related to Marlia
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marlia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlia, updated 20 October 2026.