Marlys — girls' name

What the Data Says About Marlys

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,958 babies named Marlys between 1910 and 2022, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marlys currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 369 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marlys performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 3,172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Marlys shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 3,212 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Iowa and North Dakota. In total, SSA state-level files list Marlys in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marlys 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 8,958 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.