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Marley
Pronounced /ˈmɑ(ɹ)li/
Rank in 2024
#1,235
Born in 2024
161
Peak year
2008 · #763
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:1,100 in 2024 (#287)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 161 boys were named Marley, about 1 in every 10,654.
- It peaked in 2008 with 291 babies, ranked #763.
- It first shows up in the records in 1914.
- 5,225 boys have been named Marley since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Marley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 99 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 87 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 78 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 281 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,028 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,624 babies, 0.12 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From several different places in England, from Old English mære (“boundary”) or myrig (“pleasant”) or mearþ (“marten”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). In the first case, equivalent to mere (“boundary”) + -ley (“lea”).
- (chiefly UK) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- (chiefly US) A female given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈmɑ(ɹ)li/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Marley, CC BY-SA 4.0.