Recorded 1915–2023 Girls' name Peak 2008 777 births

Marlea — girls' name

777 babies named Marlea in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s51920s161930s501940s881950s911960s801970s421980s741990s822000s1132010s1072020s29
2000s
Peak decade

15% of everyone ever named Marlea was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

20 babies were named Marlea in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Marlea

The Social Security Administration has registered 777 babies named Marlea between 1915 and 2023, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlea performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 113 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marlea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marlea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlea 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 777 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.

Marlea at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

777

Since 1915

109 years of records

Peak year

2008

20 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1915

Recorded for 109 years

Last year on file: 2023

Marlea popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1915

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2008)
20
Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
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Marlea by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
113 births that decade — 15% of Marlea's all-time total
1910s51920s161930s501940s881950s911960s801970s421980s741990s822000s1132010s1072020s29

Marlea by state

Where Marlea concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Marlea
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 0.6%
New York share of Marlea's total US births 0.6%

5 of 777 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Marlea?
777 babies have been named Marlea since 1915. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2008 with 20 births.
When was Marlea most popular?
Marlea was most popular in the 2000s decade with 113 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Marlea most popular?
The top states for the name Marlea are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Marlea been used?
Marlea has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 109 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Marlea?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Mary, Margaret, Maria, Martha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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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, 1915–2023 (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.