Marlies — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlies

The Social Security Administration has registered 175 babies named Marlies between 1940 and 1999, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlies currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlies performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 70 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Marlies shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marlies in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlies 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 175 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.