Marlis is a rare variant of Marlys that was most common in the 1940s and has all but disappeared.
Marlis is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2001. Marlis was first reported in SSA data in 1919 and peaked in 1941 (33 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #16,978 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #9,940 |
| 1986 | 6 | — | #10,358 |
| 1983 | 5 | — | #11,308 |
| 1976 | 8 | — | #7,015 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #7,374 |
| 1971 | 6 | — | #7,956 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #6,144 |
| 1969 | 5 | — | #8,200 |
| 1968 | 9 | — | #5,015 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #6,518 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,390 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #3,819 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #4,172 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,319 |
| 1961 | 9 | — | #4,767 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #6,134 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #3,747 |
| 1958 | 19 | — | #2,722 |
| 1957 | 14 | — | #3,244 |
| 1956 | 21 | — | #2,509 |
| 1955 | 18 | — | #2,687 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | #2,009 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,274 |
| 1952 | 25 | — | #2,057 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #3,050 |
| 1950 | 15 | — | #2,734 |
| 1949 | 24 | — | #1,998 |
| 1948 | 17 | — | #2,462 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | #2,071 |
| 1946 | 26 | — | #1,796 |
| 1945 | 16 | — | #2,206 |
| 1944 | 22 | — | #1,844 |
| 1943 | 23 | — | #1,816 |
| 1942 | 28 | — | #1,580 |
| 1941 | 33 | — | #1,351 |
| 1940 | 32 | — | #1,335 |
| 1939 | 27 | — | #1,456 |
| 1938 | 32 | — | #1,306 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,970 |
| 1936 | 27 | — | #1,434 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,891 |
| 1934 | 29 | — | #1,367 |
| 1933 | 13 | — | #2,358 |
| 1932 | 19 | — | #1,858 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | #2,267 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,797 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #5,031 |
| 1928 | 15 | — | #2,343 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | #2,650 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,653 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,721 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | #5,593 |
| 1923 | 6 | — | #4,764 |
| 1921 | 5 | — | #5,617 |
| 1920 | 8 | — | #3,833 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #5,293 |