Marlys
Marlys is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 323rd, in 1936.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1937369 births
- Best rank
- #323in 1936
- Since 1910
- 8,958people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,958 girls have been named Marlys in the United States since 1910, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1937, with 369 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 369 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1940, and the 1930s alone account for 35%. It has spent 35 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marlys | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 171 | |
| 1920s | 1,055 | |
| 1930s | 3,172 | |
| 1940s | 2,430 | |
| 1950s | 1,391 | |
| 1960s | 463 | |
| 1970s | 121 | |
| 1980s | 49 | |
| 1990s | 34 | |
| 2000s | 30 | |
| 2010s | 27 | |
| 2020s | 15 |
In 1937, its biggest year
Marlys was the 325th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1937 were Mary, Barbara, Patricia, Shirley and Betty. See all of 1937.
Names that rose and fell with Marlys
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Merlenepeak 1940
- Marylynpeak 1936
- Shirleypeak 1935
- Maralynpeak 1938
- Arlyspeak 1933
- Delorespeak 1932
- Beverleypeak 1938
- Joanpeak 1932
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.