Marlesha — girls' name
46 babies named Marlesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
46 girls have been named Marlesha since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1999.
- 46
- total births
- 1986–1999
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Marlesha was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Marlesha in 1994 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marlesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 46 babies named Marlesha between 1986 and 1999, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlesha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Marlesha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marlesha 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.
Marlesha at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Marlesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1986
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
46 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1994 with 10 births in a single year.
Marlesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 27 births that decade — 59% of Marlesha's all-time total
Marlesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Marlesha's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% 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, 1986–1999 (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.