Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Marily isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1930. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marily through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 875
- 0 boys · 875 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 34 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,606 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,606 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,236 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Marily’s family of names
Marily may belong to the same name family as MARILLY. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Marily
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Marily, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Macy
“one who wields a weapon”
>99% girls
Marianna
“beloved” · “beloved of the god Amun”
>99% girls
Makenna
“daughter of the handsome man” · “the son of Kenna; to ascend”
>99% girls
Madilyn
“woman from Magdala”
>99% girls
Madelynn
“woman from Magdala”
>99% girls
Makayla
“who is like God?”
>99% girls
Marlee
“of the marshy meadow”
2% boys · 98% girls
Mariana
“a manly man”
>99% girls