Marlis

Girl · recorded 1919–2001

  • 2001last recorded
  • 1938best year

Most popular in 1938.

Last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1919

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Marlis, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19194
19207
19214
19235
19244
192511
19265
192711
192813
19294
193010
193113
193218
193313
193428
193517
193626
193716
193829
193925
194028
194127
194221
194316
194417
194512
194617
194713
194810
194914
19509
19517
195213
195312
195414
19559
195610
19577
19589
19596
19603
19614
19623
19636
19647
19656
19674
19685
19693
19705
19714
19745
19765
19833
19863
19884
20013

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marlis isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2001
5
Rank in 2001
#15,352
How rare
1 in 360,124 girls
Since 1919
846

Marlis was last recorded in 2001. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1938, at 29 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Marlis doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.