Marlis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlis

The Social Security Administration has registered 846 babies named Marlis between 1919 and 2001, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlis performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 244 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Marlis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 97 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlis in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlis 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 846 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.