Marley

Marley drifts in with a reggae bassline and a clove of sea air. An English surname meaning "pleasant wood" or "boundary meadow," it would have stayed firmly in the surname drawer if not for Bob Marley, whose afterlife keeps the name humming with warmth and rebellion. It works cleanly for any child—two gentle syllables, MAR-lee, soft on the finish—and has held on both boys' and girls' charts since the 2000s, now sitting near 287 as one of the most evenly unisex names in the Top 300. Easygoing, musical, a little barefoot; Marley never tries too hard.