Marley

Marley is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Marley are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleHigh

Male 14%Female 86%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 14% male / 86% female
Confidence: High (64 or more weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States, Great Britain
US births since 1880: 3,856 male / 23,193 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Marley

To address Marley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Marley," in English, "Guten Tag Marley," in German. About 14% of people named Marley are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Marley,

German

Guten Tag Marley,

French

Bonjour Marley,

Spanish

Estimado/a Marley:

Chinese

Marley您好：

Japanese

Marley様

English

Hi Marley,

German

Hi Marley,

French

Salut Marley,

Spanish

Hola Marley,

Chinese

Marley你好：

Japanese

Marleyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Marley by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	common	woman's name	14%
Great Britain	rare	unisex name	50%

United States birth data

3,856 male · 23,193 female · 27,049 births recorded

Male 14%Female 86%

Since 1980: 13% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Marley a male or female name?

Marley is a unisex given name: about 14% of people named Marley are men and 86% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Marley in an email?

Is Marley a unisex name?

Marley is not a unisex name: 14% of people named Marley are men. Marley leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Marley a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/marley (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_marley,
  title  = {Is Marley a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/marley},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}