girl's name

Marie-Lys

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 964

Marie-Lys is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in France in 2003, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 117,911 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1945.

Marie-Lys over time

Births per decade in France, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Marie-Lys by decade in France
Decade Births
1940s 35
1950s 70
1960s 70
1970s 30
1980s 45
1990s 75
2000s 125
2010s 100
2020s (to 2025) 35

How popular is Marie-Lys?

In 2025, Marie-Lys was given to 5 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Marie-Lys is used

Canada #2,772 5 in 2004
France #3,647 5 in 2025
United States as Marielys #14,020 6 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Marie-Lys is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Marielys Marielys is Marie-Lys written as one word, used in the United States, where it ranks #14,020. 374

Names that peaked alongside Marie-Lys

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marie-Lys also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marie-Lys over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Marie-Lys

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marie-Lys — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marie-Lys

Is Marie-Lys a girl's or a boy's name?

Marie-Lys is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marie-Lys most popular?

Marie-Lys peaked in 2003, when 25 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Marie-Lys a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marie-Lys currently ranks #3,647 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.