Recorded 1914–2025 · United States
Marley was most popular in 2008, when 2,650 American babies were given the name — ranking #284 that year. In 2025 it ranked #618, with 1,081 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 38,404 people named Marley.
Marley first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1914, which makes it about 111 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 98 of the 112 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 38,404 American births named Marley between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 37,855 are estimated to be alive today.
1,081 American babies were named Marley in 2025, ranking #618 that year.
Marley is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 1,302 births a year, against 1,663 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Marley is mostly a girl’s name — 86.1% of the 38,404 Americans given it were girls and 13.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 87% girls and 13% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 37,855 Americans named Marley are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 7 and 18. That is a narrow band: Marley arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org