Marylee — #12165 US girls' name
3,376 babies named Marylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1900, with the highest year being 1941. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 31% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Marylee was born in this single decade.
89 babies were named Marylee in 1941 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Marylee
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,376 babies named Marylee between 1900 and 2024, spanning 125 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marylee currently holds the #12165 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1941, when 89 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Marylee performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 759 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Marylee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Marylee in 18 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Marylee 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 3,376 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.
Marylee at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Marylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1900
- Peak year (1941)
- 89
- Annual births at peak — across 125 years of records
Currently ranks #12165 among girls.
3,376 total births across 125 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1941 with 89 births in a single year.
Marylee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 759 births that decade — 22% of Marylee's all-time total
Marylee decade highlights
- Peak decade 759 births
- Runner-up 442 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Marylee's strongest decade
759 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Marylee by state
Where Marylee concentrates geographically — total births since 1900
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 169 | 5.0% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 127 | 3.8% |
| #3 | California | | 106 | 3.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 56 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 45 | 1.3% |
| #6 | Minnesota | | 38 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 23 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Texas | | 17 | 0.5% |
169 of 3,376 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.8% of nationwide
- California 3.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 18 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Marylee appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1900–2024 (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.