Marlie

Meaning: Boundary clearing, pleasant clearing, or marten's clearing
Origin: Variant of Marley (from Old English)

Girl's name · #1422 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Marlie reached its best rank, #895, in 2009 and ranked #1422 in 2025. Roughly 4,500 girls have been named Marlie since 1937.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 15 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#248 in N. Ireland (2025) · #295 in Scotland (2025) · #470 in Ireland (2025) · #501 in Netherlands (2025) · #625 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,668 in Austria (2025) · #2,316 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,053 in Canada (2024).

Famous Marlies

Marlie Packer — Rugby union player
Marlie Viljoen — South African sprinter
Marlie Casseus — Haitian woman with extreme medical condition

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variants Marley (#322) and Marlee (#536), Marlie would rank around #188 with about 1,700 births last year — the newborns split about 57/34/9 across Marley, Marlee, and Marlie.

Similar names: Marli · Jersey · Maryn · Harlee · Preslee · Charley

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