Name meaning & stats
Marley
Marley means “pleasant wood”. 38,223 US babies since 1940, peak 2008.
What it means
“pleasant wood”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2008
38,223 US babies were named Marley between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Marley (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 70% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2008)