Girl · #1,891 in 2026

Marli

Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab is a Finnish food company owned by the German Eckes-Granini Group GmbH. The company’s turnover is about 58 million euros, and it has about 130 employees, over 150 during summertime. The company’s head office and factory are located in Turku. The company manufactures and sells more than 150 products. Its best-known brands are Juissi, Marli, Mehukatti, Trip, and Tropic.

  • Portuguese
Current Rank
#1,891
Peak Rank
#1,391 (2008)
Total Babies
3K
5-Yr Trend
+5%
1954
First Year
2026
Last Year
2008
Peak Year
#1391
Peak Rank
3K
Total Count
61
Years Active

Meaning & Origin of Marli

What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.

Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab is a Finnish food company owned by the German Eckes-Granini Group GmbH. The company’s turnover is about 58 million euros, and it has about 130 employees, over 150 during summertime. The company’s head office and factory are located in Turku. The company manufactures and sells more than 150 products. Its best-known brands are Juissi, Marli, Mehukatti, Trip, and Tropic.

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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)

  • Portuguese
Origin & history
Marli’s history begins with the wine and liqueur factory founded in Turku in 1867 by Anders Nordfors. The production of wines and liqueurs was suspended during Prohibition , which came into force in 1919, whereupon the factory began producing juices and other non-alcoholic beverages. In 1954, Huhtamäki-Yhtymä Oy bought Nordfors's factory and merged it with the Marli Berry Wine and Liqueur Factory (formerly O/Y Marvi A/B), which it had previously acquired. In 1992, Huhtamäki sold Marli to Oy Rettig Ab and, in exchange, received from Rettig the Merijal and Seres confectionery factories it owned.

The Story of Marli

Marli first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1954, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 171 Marlis were born — ranking #1,391 that year. As of 2026, Marli ranks #1,891 for baby girls with 106 births, gradually rising (+5%). In total, more than 3K Marlis have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.

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Names that sound like Marli

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Frequently Asked Questions about Marli

What does the name Marli mean?
Eckes-Granini Finland Oy Ab is a Finnish food company owned by the German Eckes-Granini Group GmbH. The company’s turnover is about 58 million euros, and it has about 130 employees, over 150 during summertime. The company’s head office and factory are located in Turku. The company manufactures and sells more than 150 products. Its best-known brands are Juissi, Marli, Mehukatti, Trip, and Tropic.
What is the origin of the name Marli?
Marli has roots in the following cultural and linguistic traditions: Portuguese.
How popular is Marli in 2026?
In 2026, Marli ranks #1,891 among girls' names in the U.S., with 106 babies given the name that year.
When was Marli most popular?
Marli reached its peak popularity in 2008, ranking #1,391 that year with 171 babies given the name.
In which U.S. states is Marli most popular?
Marli has historically been most popular in Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi. Rankings vary year to year, but these states show the strongest concentration of births named Marli.
Is Marli a unisex name?
In U.S. Social Security records, Marli is primarily a girl's name. We don't have meaningful data for it as a boy's name.
What names go well with Marli?
Names that share a similar style or popularity range with Marli include Myia, Tanner, Angely. These pairings are based on rank proximity and naming era in U.S. data.

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About the name Marli

Marli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1954 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Marli's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,391. Use the chart and map above to compare Marli'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 .

Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.