Quick answers about Marlys
How many people are named Marlys?
An estimated 2,465 living Americans are named Marlys.
How rare is Marlys?
Marlys fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Marlys?
The median age of a living American named Marlys is approximately 74 years, with most bearers falling between 66 and 81 years old.
Is Marlys still popular?
Not especially. Marlys has been declining since its 1937 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Marlys most common?
Marlys has its strongest geographic signal in North Dakota, where it appears 31.8× more often than the national baseline.
1910Peak 19372025
Where it lives now
Marlys is most concentrated in North Dakota — about 28.2× the national rate in the 1950s.
States where Marlys is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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