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“Variant of Marley — Boundary clearing, pleasant clearing, or marten's clearing” — Old English origin
Girl's name · #536 in the US (2025) · 2020s
Marlee reached its best rank, #367, in 2008 and ranked #536 in 2025. Roughly 18,000 girls have been named Marlee since 1915. Together with its spelling variants Marley (#322) and Marlie (#1422), Marlee would rank around #188 with about 1,700 births last year — the newborns split about 57/34/9 across Marley, Marlee, and Marlie.
Around the world: about 1 in 4,900 girls in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 40 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 17 notable people named Marlee:
No single standout — notable Marlees spread across many fields.
Similar names: Marley · Elle · Maren · Charli · Ainsley · Harley
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