How Many People Are Named Marlys?
people named Marlys are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 85,148 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,963 babies named Marlys in Social Security records from 1910 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
369 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Marlys in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marlys alive today is about 75 years old, and 91% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marlys first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1937, to 369 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Marlys has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #323, in 1936.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #323 (1936) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #363 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marlys alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marlys were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 1,274 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marlys was given 28.8 times as often in North Dakota, 21.8 times in South Dakota and 21.4 times in Minnesota.
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