Marle — unisex name
46 babies named Marle in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
46 girls have been named Marle since 1973, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2016.
- 46
- total births
- 1973–2016
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 39%
- born in that decade
39% of everyone ever named Marle was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Marle in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marle
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Marle between 1973 and 2016, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Marle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1935.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marle performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Marle shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marle 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 46 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.
Marle at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1973
- Peak year (2008)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
46 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 8 births in a single year.
Marle popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1935 (Marle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Marle accounts for 12% of total recorded use across both genders.
Marle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 18 births that decade — 39% of Marle's all-time total
Marle decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Marle's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1973–2016 (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.