How Many People Are Named Marlis?
people named Marlis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 739,794 people in the US has this name
Based on 846 babies named Marlis in Social Security records from 1919 to 2001, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
33 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Combination of MARIA and LIESE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marlis in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marlis alive today is about 72 years old, and 85% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marlis first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1941, to 33 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2001.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2001
🏆 Rank History
Marlis has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,306, in 1938.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,306 (1938) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,799 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marlis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marlis were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marlis was given about 37.3 times as often in Minnesota.
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