Marliyah — #8304 US girls' name
150 babies named Marliyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 53% of names given to girls today.
54% of everyone ever named Marliyah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Marliyah in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marliyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Marliyah between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marliyah currently holds the #8304 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marliyah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 81 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Marliyah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Marliyah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marliyah 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 150 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.
Marliyah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Marliyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2016)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #8304 among girls.
150 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 15 births in a single year.
Marliyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 81 births that decade — 54% of Marliyah's all-time total
Marliyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 81 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Marliyah's strongest decade
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Marliyah by state
Where Marliyah concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 6 | 4.0% |
6 of 150 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 4.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2008–2024 (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.