Marles
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the 19th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for defence since 2022. He has been the deputy leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Corio since 2007.
Meaning & Origin of Marles
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Richard Donald Marles is an Australian politician and lawyer who has served as the 19th deputy prime minister of Australia and the minister for defence since 2022. He has been the deputy leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the Victorian division of Corio since 2007.
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The Story of Marles
The earliest SSA record of Marles as a baby girl name dates back to 1924, when 6 babies received it. 1926 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Marles — #3,564 in the national rankings. The 1930s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 36% of all recorded Marless. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1947 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 58 Marless have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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About the name Marles
Marles is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1924 and has accumulated 58 births in the dataset. Marles's peak popularity came in 1926 when it ranked #3,564. Use the chart and map above to compare Marles's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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