Girls' name · since 1961
Marlia
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 88 babies named Marlia, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marlia is the #13461 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 88 recorded since 1961.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlia has been recorded 88 times among girls since 1961, currently ranked #13461 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2025.
- #28,582 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,461 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 88 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlia ranks #28,582 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,461 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 88 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,582 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,461 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 88
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marlia's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Marlia compares
88 23rd percentile among 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
Marlia's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marlia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 88 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marlia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marlia's full recorded timeline at 2009, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marlia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 65 years of records
Marlia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (30 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Marlia's strongest decade.
30 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Marlia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 30 births (34% of all-time use).
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What to do with Marlia's data
- Marlia's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (30 total births) through the 2020s (23) -- 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marlia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marlia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~64 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, 1961–2025 (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 Marlia 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.