Marlei — #5100 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlei

The Social Security Administration has registered 750 babies named Marlei between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlei currently holds the #5100 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlei performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marlei shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 61 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlei in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlei 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 750 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.