Marlee is a girl name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Marlee means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Marlee across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Marlee has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Marlee is a girl name of Old English origin meaning “pleasant wood, boundary wood”. A modern feminine variant of Marley.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 17,923 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 460 births |
| Northern Ireland since 1997 | 4 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 3 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Marlee per year, United States (1915 to 2025). United States peaked in 2008 (900/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2023 (37/yr) · Northern Ireland peaked in 2016 (4/yr) · Ireland peaked in 2020 (3/yr).
Marlee has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 2008, when it ranked #718 nationally (given to 914 babies that year).
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