girl's name
Marylee
- Gender Girl
- Letters 7
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 3,545
Marylee is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
- Peaked in 1941, when 89 babies were given the name.
- Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 368,460 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1900.
Marylee over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s 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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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 44 |
| 1910s | 267 |
| 1920s | 431 |
| 1930s | 442 |
| 1940s | 759 |
| 1950s | 412 |
| 1960s | 333 |
| 1970s | 134 |
| 1980s | 166 |
| 1990s | 133 |
| 2000s | 104 |
| 2010s | 112 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 48 |
How popular is Marylee?
In 2025, Marylee was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Marylee is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
How Marylee is spelled
Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.
| Spelling | What it is | Births on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mary-Lee | Mary-Lee is Marylee written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in Canada. | 34 |
Names that peaked alongside Marylee
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Marylee also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marylee over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Marylee
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marylee — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Marylee
How popular is the name Marylee?
In 2025, Marylee was given to 9 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Is Marylee a girl's or a boy's name?
Marylee is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Marylee most popular?
Marylee peaked in 1941, when 89 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
Is Marylee a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marylee currently ranks #10,181 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.