Marleigh

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Marleigh: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#3142
2005	#4798
2008	#2487
2009	#1909
2010	#4012
2011	#4049
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#3609
2017	#2925
2018	#2340
2019	#2458
2020	#1846
2021	#1692
2022	#1245
2023	#1469
2024	#3015

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 19 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

In 2024: #638 among girls in Scotland, #736 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #3015 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #3142 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — 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 #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marleigh appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 196 births with the name.

Marleigh 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.

Marleigh'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	#3142 (1998)	#1245 (2022)	#3015 (2024)	19 of 27	196 (1998–2024)	26 (2022)
England and Wales · Boys	#4678 (2010)	#3996 (2017)	#3996 (2017)	2 of 8	7 (2010–2017)	4 (2017)

Marleigh 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 Marleigh in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	4	1 of 10	4
2000s	25	3 of 10	8
2010s	80	10 of 10	8
2020sbusiest	87	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 17 births a year.

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

Marleigh 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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024.

Marleigh'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	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1469	21	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1245	26	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3996	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4012	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2487	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#736	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#638	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 26 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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Marlena · #550, 26y

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.

Arabelle · #638, 18y
Ireoluwa · #638, 17y
Joanie · #638, 24y
Azalea · #625, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y

Marleigh was ranked #638 in Scotland · Girls in 2024. 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.

Marleigh 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 Marleigh without appearing here.

Marleigh moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2458 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2458 and #5591.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3142 and #1392 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.
Dianne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4798 and #2970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2487 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Marleigh

Amalie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3142 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #4798 and #931.
Dylan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #1959 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1469 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1909 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4049 and #2893.

Moved the opposite way to Marleigh

Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marleigh went from #3142 to #1469 while Kristin went from #1122 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marleigh went from #3142 to #1469 while Therese went from #2165 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Marleigh went from #3142 to #1469 while Tracey went from #1319 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1998 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Marleigh went from #3142 to #1692 while Carol went from #1480 to #3519.

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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 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marleigh

Marleigh at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marleigh across 2 official records

Marleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marleigh appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Marleigh and the names beside it

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Marleigh at a glance

Marleigh across 2 official records

Marleigh by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Marleigh 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 Marleigh

Marleigh and the names beside it

Marleigh moved ahead of

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