Marely — #3241 US girls' name
2,841 babies named Marely in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 82% of names given to girls today.
65% of everyone ever named Marely was born in this single decade.
1,005 babies were named Marely in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marely
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,841 babies named Marely between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marely currently holds the #3241 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 1,005 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marely performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,839 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marely shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 649 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Marely in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marely in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,841 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Marely at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Marely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2008)
- 1,005
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #3241 among girls.
2,841 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 1,005 births in a single year.
Marely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,839 births that decade — 65% of Marely's all-time total
Marely decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,839 births
- Runner-up 727 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Marely's strongest decade
1,839 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Marely by state
Where Marely concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 649 | 22.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 606 | 21.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 113 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 84 | 3.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 83 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 69 | 2.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 65 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Washington | | 55 | 1.9% |
649 of 2,841 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 22.8% of nationwide
- Texas 21.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 4.0% of nationwide
- Georgia 3.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 33 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 22.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Marely appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.