Meaning and history
Marley comes from an English place-name surname that may mean "pleasant wood," "boundary wood" or "marten wood" in Old English. Jamaican musician Bob Marley (1945–1981) was a famous bearer of the surname.
20062006: 766 births, rank #416
2007: 839 births, rank #390
2008: 2,359 births, rank #145
2009: 2,171 births, rank #149
2010: 1,345 births, rank #234
20112011: 1,237 births, rank #259
2012: 1,242 births, rank #260
2013: 1,533 births, rank #209
2014: 1,650 births, rank #203
2015: 1,499 births, rank #218
20162016: 1,500 births, rank #215
2017: 1,475 births, rank #209
2018: 1,418 births, rank #222
2019: 1,336 births, rank #233
2020: 1,369 births, rank #211
20212021: 1,379 births, rank #215
2022: 1,139 births, rank #276
2023: 1,108 births, rank #284
2024: 1,108 births, rank #285
20252025: 950 births, rank #322
Marley moved from #286 to #322 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2008, with 2,359 births.