Is Marlis a boy or girl name?

Marlis is a girl’s name. Of the 846 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Marlis

Recorded 1919–2001 · United States

Marlis was most popular in 1941, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,360 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 846 people named Marlis.

Marlis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Marlis’s peak in 1941. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Marlis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Marlis is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 846 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.

Names that peaked alongside Marlis

Where Marlis is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

Minnesota 40.4×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org