Marlow
#1,163 for girls in 2025, 199 births · #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
Given to boys 53.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,193since 1910
Marlow over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,163 | 199 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #1,317 | 174 | #2,476 | 55 |
| 2023 | #1,361 | 165 | #2,362 | 58 |
| 2022 | #1,670 | 126 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #1,441 | 149 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #2,023 | 92 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #1,700 | 123 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #2,209 | 85 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #2,781 | 62 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | — | #1,371 | 45 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,772 | 21 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Marlow! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Marlow
- 172 spots since 2024 (#2,476 → #2,304)
- 1,614 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #2,304)
- 2,586 spots since 2015 (#4,890 → #2,304)
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1937 at #1,288 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 were named Marlow (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,288 in 1937, was only 1 in 39,506 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 15.7% of all boys named Marlow (345) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 86 | #1,580 (1913) | #2,253 |
| 1920s | 132 | #1,720 (1926) | #2,538 |
| 1930s | 220 | #1,288 (1937) | #1,481 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,397 (1940) | #2,102 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,766 (1958) | #2,043 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,526 (1969) | #2,080 |
| 1970s | 345 | #1,329 (1973) | #1,578 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,159 (1984) | #3,029 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,693 (1995) | #5,984 |
| 2000s | 135 | #4,631 (2005) | #5,905 |
| 2010s | 240 | #2,851 (2019) | #4,476 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,304 (2025) | #2,681 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marlow in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 11,012 of them was named Marlow, which outranked 91.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,432Susanna150
- #1,432Theresa150
- #1,432Zion150
- #1,441Marlow149
- #1,441Alissa149
- #1,441Annelise149
- #1,441Elara149
- #1,450Ally148
- #1,450Arwen148
- #1,450Ashtyn148
Tied with 8 names at #1,441; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 30,163 of them was named Marlow, which outranked 83.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,321Shlok59
- #2,321Witten59
- #2,321Zuriel59
- #2,349Marlow58
- #2,349Abdullahi58
- #2,349Branden58
- #2,349Devan58
- #2,373Adryan57
- #2,373Ahad57
- #2,373Arion57
Tied with 23 names at #2,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.