Fun Facts About the Name Marly
- More than 1 thousand babies named Marly: U.S. records list 1,665 babies given the name Marly from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 boys received the name Marly - about 1 boy for every 332 girls.
What Does the Name Marly Mean?
Marly is mainly a feminine given name and is usually treated as a spelling variant of Marley, also written Marlee and Marlie. Marley began as an English surname taken from places in England. The ending of those place names is Old English lēah, "wood" or "clearing." The first element is not settled: it is most often explained as mearh, "horse," which would give a sense like "horse clearing," but some writers connect it with mearg, "boundary," or with mere, "lake" or "marsh." The gloss "pleasant wood" found in some name books is a loose reading rather than a literal translation.
A separate origin belongs to the French place name Marly, seen in Marly-le-Roi near Paris and in Marly in the Moselle and Nord departments. Such names are generally traced to a Gallo-Roman estate name, Latinized as Marliacum, formed from a Roman personal name (given as Marilius or Marcellus) and the suffix -acum, "estate of." This explains the place name, not the given name.
Marly Name History & Origins
As an English first name, Marly belongs with the surname-derived names Marley, Marlee, and Marlie. English surnames of this kind were taken from the names of the places where a family lived, and many such surnames later came into use as given names. The spelling with a final -y instead of -ey follows a common English variant pattern. In the Netherlands, Marly is used as a short form of Marlene, Marleen, and Marlies, names that go back to Maria.
The French place name Marly is best known through Marly-le-Roi, west of Paris, where Louis XIV had a château built in the 1670s as a retreat from Versailles. The name also appears on its own in the Moselle and Nord departments.
How Popular is the Name Marly?
Marly has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2008. Its best rank was #2,226 in 2008.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,179 | 25 | 0.0016% |
| 2024 | #3,610 | 43 | 0.0027% |
| 2023 | #5,077 | 26 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #4,542 | 31 | 0.0019% |
| 2021 | #4,572 | 30 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #5,429 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #5,119 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #4,525 | 31 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,465 | 45 | 0.0026% |
| 2016 | #3,500 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2015 | #3,822 | 40 | 0.0022% |
| 2014 | #3,635 | 43 | 0.0024% |
| 2013 | #2,893 | 59 | 0.0034% |
| 2012 | #3,621 | 44 | 0.0025% |
| 2011 | #4,322 | 34 | 0.0019% |
| 2010 | #2,776 | 64 | 0.0036% |
| 2009 | #2,820 | 63 | 0.0034% |
| 2008 | #2,226 | 89 | 0.0047% |
| 2007 | #3,577 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2006 | #3,042 | 56 | 0.0029% |
| 2005 | #3,243 | 48 | 0.0026% |
| 2004 | #3,544 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 2003 | #3,926 | 35 | 0.0019% |
| 2002 | #4,244 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 2001 | #2,864 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2000 | #3,566 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 1999 | #3,689 | 33 | 0.0019% |
| 1998 | #4,095 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 1997 | #3,589 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #4,140 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 1995 | #3,637 | 30 | 0.0017% |
| 1994 | #4,201 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1993 | #4,750 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #3,322 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1991 | #4,929 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1990 | #3,595 | 30 | 0.0016% |
| 1989 | #4,609 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1988 | #6,943 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1987 | #5,217 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1986 | #4,659 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 1985 | #3,684 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 1984 | #3,823 | 21 | 0.0012% |
| 1983 | #5,040 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1982 | #7,252 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1981 | #6,627 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #9,840 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1978 | #6,721 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #10,608 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #7,017 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,888 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1974 | #3,384 | 20 | 0.0014% |
| 1973 | #5,072 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1972 | #6,322 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #4,450 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1969 | #6,363 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1967 | #7,456 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1963 | #7,255 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #6,966 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #4,980 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #5,442 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #5,314 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #5,048 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #13,299 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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