Marlo

#1,833 for girls in 2025, 109 births · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to girls 66.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
1968 · 545 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,264
since 1931

Marlo over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201971peak #395, 1968peak #877, 1972girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,833109#1,70895
2024#1,708119#1,673100
2023#1,965100#1,632106
2022#1,710122#2,00076
2021#1,926102#1,85383
2020#2,15684#1,84980
2019#1,763116#1,91777
2018#1,97899#2,14765
2017#2,40175#2,56649
2016#2,11792#1,99172
2015#2,38277#2,60047
2014#2,15488#2,31756
2013#2,08392#2,56247
2012#1,918103#2,90540
2011#2,34679#2,85241
2010#2,27484#2,73044
2009#2,59271#3,39932
2008#2,46277#3,10337
2007#3,78642#3,31333
2006#2,91659#2,83240
2005#3,50942#3,71025
2004#3,98935#3,73524
2003#3,80536#2,67437
2002#3,97832#3,18828
2001#4,02531#3,06129
2000#3,59136#2,80532
1999#3,97029#2,66532
1998#3,06841#2,71130
1997#2,97740#3,16023
1996#3,14937#2,44132
1995#3,58530#2,21036
1994#4,84520#2,55629
1993#4,39323#2,78625
1992#2,65046#2,83424
1991#3,36932#2,29531
1990#3,43631#2,37329
1989#3,47729#2,15432
1988#2,74438#1,48251
1987#2,65737#1,79336
1986#2,72435#2,29024
1985#1,94856#2,11626
1984#2,08148#1,60637
1983#1,85856#1,32749
1982#1,58474#1,62237
1981#1,79062#1,30950
1980#1,32895#1,23855
1979#1,32394#1,07768
1978#1,231101#1,06067
1977#992137#1,07165
1976#826168#92182
1975#748191#1,17052
1974#707207#98869
1973#614251#90478
1972#526323#87784
1971#432481#1,18148
1970#396593#1,27842
1969#432498#1,32636
1968#395545#1,47828
1967#503353#1,44928
1966#1,031101#1,48427
1965#3,14916#1,55925
1964#2,67522#1,79320
1963#3,17616#1,79220
1962#2,16330#1,71322
1961#3,46014#1,57026
1960#4,7738#1,55227
1959#4,6258#1,62024
1958#5,4086#1,51127
1957#3,30913#1,79120
1956#3,18614#1,56825
1955#4,0699#1,41929
1954#2,45020#1,36131
1953#3,9559#1,63022
1952#2,92114#1,29733
1951#2,81014#1,46226
1950#4,7386#1,87916
1949#2,99912#2,12313
1948#2,41617#1,94315
1947#2,89813#2,25112
1946#2,59714#2,5349
1945#3,3888#2,13111
1944#3,3788#2,19511
1943#2,44714#1,83316
1942#2,81711#1,94614
1941#3,2528#1,75916
1940#1,98313
1939#3,7826#1,79515
1938#3,1818#1,61318
1937#1,57619
1936#1,63917
1935#3,4317#1,27328
1934#3,4497#1,60819
1933#1,70717
1932#1,92215
1931#3,2268#2,20712
1930#2,17813
1929#1,84817
1928#2,16214
1927#2,70310
1926#2,56611
1925#2,75510
1924#2,34713
1923#2,77210
1922#3,2528
1921
1920#2,9679
1919#2,66510
1918
1917#2,9568
1916
1915#3,0827
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First appearance
1931

The first year at least five girls were named Marlo! It came in at #3,226, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1932–1933, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marlo
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 125 spots since 2024 (#1,708#1,833)
  • 323 spots since 2020 (#2,156#1,833)
  • 549 spots since 2015 (#2,382#1,833)
  • Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1967 (#1,031#503)
  • Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1978 (#992#1,231)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1931
  • Peaked 1968 at #395 (545 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,948
  • Highest: 1 in 2,948 girls born in 1970 were named Marlo (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,746 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #395 in 1968, was only 1 in 3,010 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
  • 35.0% of all girls named Marlo (2,546) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
  • Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s36#3,181 (1938)#3,414
1940s105#2,416 (1948)#2,910
1950s113#2,450 (1954)#3,747
1960s1,603#395 (1968)#2,176
1970s2,546#396 (1970)#780
1980s530#1,328 (1980)#2,219
1990s329#2,650 (1992)#3,544
2000s461#2,462 (2008)#3,465
2010s905#1,763 (2019)#2,142
2020s636#1,708 (2024)#1,883

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marlo in 1971

girls
#432
481 births · 1 in 3,459 girls
boys
#1,181
48 births · 1 in 36,843 boys

Top girls' names in 1971

  1. #1Jennifer56,771
  2. #2Michelle33,160
  3. #3Lisa32,907
  4. #4Kimberly30,708
  5. #5Amy26,237
  6. #6Angela25,901
  7. #7Melissa23,875
  8. #8Tammy17,656
  9. #9Mary16,703
  10. #10Julie15,322
  11. #432Marlo481

Top boys' names in 1971

  1. #1Michael77,577
  2. #2James54,597
  3. #3David53,113
  4. #4John51,512
  5. #5Robert50,634
  6. #6Christopher48,225
  7. #7William35,413
  8. #8Jason34,173
  9. #9Brian32,624
  10. #10Scott30,901
  11. #1,181Marlo48
More about 1971

girls

1,663,823 girls got a published name in 1971; 1 in 3,459 of them was named Marlo, which outranked 95.5% of the 9,645 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlo
  1. #429Kimberlee487
  2. #430Karyn484
  3. #431Nadine483
  4. #432Marlo481
  5. #432Amelia481
  6. #432Lashawn481
  7. #432Mia481
  8. #436Guadalupe480
  9. #436Irma480
  10. #438Dolores478

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 2,115Yesenia#2,522#407
  2. 1,431Shayla#2,267#836
  3. 853Ebony#1,681#828
  4. 749Consuela#1,706#957
  5. 510Candida#1,196#686
Fallers
  1. 572Sebrina#916#1,488
  2. 382Janene#684#1,066
  3. 375Treena#989#1,364
  4. 356Tisa#910#1,266
  5. 351Shaun#929#1,280

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,768,447 boys got a published name in 1971; 1 in 36,843 of them was named Marlo, which outranked 79.1% of the 5,655 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlo
  1. #1,165Rojelio49
  2. #1,165Vernell49
  3. #1,165Zachery49
  4. #1,181Marlo48
  5. #1,181Alden48
  6. #1,181Amir48
  7. #1,181Brandy48
  8. #1,199Ahmed47
  9. #1,199Asa47
  10. #1,199Christos47

Tied with 17 names at #1,181; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1970
Risers
  1. 754Germaine#1,582#828
  2. 626Jeramie#1,546#920
  3. 512Jeremey#1,396#884
  4. 473Jarod#1,337#864
  5. 454Jamel#1,374#920
Fallers
  1. 328Adolph#926#1,254
  2. 272Dwane#1,000#1,272
  3. 266Bronson#861#1,127
  4. 244Mitch#921#1,165
  5. 242Enrico#839#1,081

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1971