Girls' name · since 1915
Marleah
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 439 babies named Marleah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,009 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 439
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marleah currently ranks #11009 among girls' names in America, with 439 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleah has been recorded 439 times among girls since 1915, currently ranked #11009 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #12,788 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,009 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 439 born since 1915
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marleah ranks #12,788 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,009 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 439 born since 1915, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,788 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,009 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 439
- born since 1915
- 2010s
- peak decade
Marleah's 439 recorded births place it above 82.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marleah compares
439 Top 47% higher than 53% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marleah's all-time total is 17% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marleah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 439 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marleah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marleah's full recorded timeline at 1996, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marleah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Marleah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (95 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Marleah's strongest decade.
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Marleah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s 16
1920s
16 births
- 1930s 8
1930s
8 births
- 1940s 29
1940s
29 births
- 1950s 22
1950s
22 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s 37
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
90 births
- 2010s
2010s
95 births
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 95 births (22% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marleah's data
- Marleah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (95 total births) through the 2020s (50) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marleah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~110 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marleah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.