How Many People Are Named Marley?
people named Marley are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,029 people in the US has this name
Based on 38,404 babies named Marley in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,650 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was taken from a place name meaning either "pleasant wood", "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. A famous bearer of the surname was the Jamaican musician Bob Marley (1945-1981).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Marley in English. Counting Marley and these spellings together, about 39,485 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marley, 86.5% were girls and 13.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 87.9% of the babies were girls then and 86.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marley alive today is about 13 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 17 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marley first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2008, to 2,650 babies. In 2025, 1,081 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marley has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #145, in 2008. In 2025 it ranked #322. Among boys, its best rank was #766, in 2008.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #322 | #1,397 |
| Best rank | #145 (2008) | #766 (2008) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #227 in the 2010s | #926 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marley alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marley were born in California than in any other state: about 4,091 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marley was given 1.9 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in Mississippi and 1.8 times in Louisiana.
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