Marlee

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marlee: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marlee: Recorded since 1996, it reached #353 in 2016, and it stood at #1,743 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
49times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#353highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
2002	#2868
2003	#1996
2004	#3197
2005	#3970
2006	#5061
2007	#2627
2008	#3397
2009	#1668
2010	#1901
2011	#2025
2012	#1720
2013	#1253
2014	#1411
2015	#1649
2016	#2008
2017	#1512
2018	#1314
2019	#1497
2020	#1352
2021	#1161
2022	#1948
2023	#1135
2024	#1743

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1352 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1743 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marlee appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 364 births with the name.

Marlee across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marlee's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2683 (1996)	#1135 (2023)	#1743 (2024)	24 of 29	364 (1996–2024)	29 (2021)
England and Wales · Boys	#2220 (2001)	#2126 (2009)	#4270 (2024)	23 of 24	121 (2001–2024)	9 (2009)

Marlee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marlee in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	56	8 of 10	7
2010s	191	10 of 10	19
2020sbusiest	112	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marlee appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #353 in Northern Ireland in 2016.

Marlee's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1743	17	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#4270	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1135	29	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2546	8	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1948	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1314	25	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1512	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2008	14	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1649	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1720	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2270	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2892	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1668	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#353	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #353, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in England and Wales in 2021.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2016, and 24 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Caprice · #353, 24y
Kianna · #353, 29y
Caelum · #354, 24y
Isobella · #354, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Caprice · #353, 24y
Henri · #353, 30y
Jorgia · #353, 26y
Kianna · #353, 29y

Marlee was ranked #353 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marlee and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marlee without appearing here.

Marlee moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #1720 and #5876.
Francis Compare
In 2008 they stood at #5061 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1668 and #5556.
Denise Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1720 and #1720 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1253 and #4739.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1668 and #4564.

Moved ahead of Marlee

Mathias Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2220 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #3225 and #1322.
Arne Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3937 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #4608 and #2960.
Gunnar Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2483 and #3373 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #4023 and #2556.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2683 and #3126 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #1442.

Moved the opposite way to Marlee

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlee went from #2683 to #1135 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlee went from #2683 to #1135 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlee went from #2683 to #1135 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Marlee went from #2683 to #1161 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Marlee

Aaron Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlee went from #2220 to #4270 and Aaron from #40 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlee went from #2220 to #4270 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlee went from #2220 to #4270 and Alan from #270 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlee went from #2220 to #4270 and Alex from #45 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #353 in Northern Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marlee

Marlee at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marlee across 2 official records

Marlee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marlee appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marlee at a glance

Marlee across 2 official records

Marlee by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marlee appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Marlee

Marlee and the names beside it

Marlee moved ahead of

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