Girls' name · since 1949
Marly
Marly has 1,660 recorded births since 1949 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,126 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,660
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Marly is the #5126 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,660 recorded since 1949.
Marly has 1,660 recorded births among girls since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5126 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2025.
- #5,343 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,126 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,660 born since 1949
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marly ranks #5,343 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,126 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,660 born since 1949, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,343 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,126 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,660
- born since 1949
- 2000s
- peak decade
Marly's 1,660 recorded births place it above 92.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marly compares
1,660 Top 25% higher than 75% of 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
Marly's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marly | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,660 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 89 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marly splits its recorded history at 1995: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 89 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marly popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 89
- Annual births at peak, across 77 years of records
Marly popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2006 (Marly as boys' name)
Marly by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (497 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Marly's strongest decade.
497 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Marly births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s 19
1950s
19 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 82
1970s
82 births
- 1980s 146
1980s
146 births
- 1990s
1990s
279 births
- 2000s
2000s
497 births
- 2010s
2010s
431 births
- 2020s 178
2020s
178 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 497 births (30% of all-time use).
How Marly compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marly's total volume
Marly by state
Where Marly concentrates geographically, total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 104 | 6.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 71 | 4.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 62 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 47 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.3% |
104 of 1,660 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Marly's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (497 total births) through the 2020s (178) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Marlys (104 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~76 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, 1949–2025 (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 Marly 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.