Marleigh

“Variant of Marley — Boundary clearing, pleasant clearing, or marten's clearing” — Old English origin

Girl's name · #976 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Marleigh is near its high-water mark: it reached #690 in 2021 and still ranked #976 in 2025. About 6,100 girls have carried it since 1985. In Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama it runs 4–6× its national rate.

Around the world: about 1 in 4,500 girls in Scotland (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Marleighs

Marleigh C. Sheaff — particle physicist at University of Wisconsin and Fermilab

Similar names: Marlie · Liv · Marlow · Emmeline · Charleigh · Harleigh

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