Marlowe
#523 for girls in 2025, 575 births · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to girls 74.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 575 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,805since 1918
Marlowe 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 | #523 | 575 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #624 | 478 | #2,750 | 47 |
| 2023 | #835 | 328 | #3,117 | 39 |
| 2022 | #779 | 365 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #896 | 302 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #924 | 279 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #1,054 | 243 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #1,044 | 246 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #985 | 264 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #1,034 | 256 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #1,139 | 222 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #1,186 | 206 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 185 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #2,238 | 84 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Marlowe! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Marlowe
- 101 spots since 2024 (#624 → #523)
- 401 spots since 2020 (#924 → #523)
- 616 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #523)
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 2024 (#835 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 59 spots in 2018 (#985 → #1,044)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2025 at #523 (575 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2020–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,795 girls born in 2025 were named Marlowe (0.04%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Marlowe (2,327) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2003, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,291 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,971 (1923) | #4,291 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,940 (1937) | #3,751 |
| 1940s | 38 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,546 |
| 1950s | 6 | #4,738 (1950) | #4,738 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,053 (1967) | #5,042 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,492 (1970) | #5,836 |
| 1980s | 68 | #5,545 (1989) | #7,755 |
| 1990s | 77 | #7,512 (1992) | #9,801 |
| 2000s | 250 | #2,270 (2009) | #6,862 |
| 2010s | 1,872 | #985 (2017) | #1,464 |
| 2020s | 2,327 | #523 (2025) | #764 |
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.
Marlowe in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 8,041 of them was named Marlowe, which outranked 94.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,135Kelsie223
- #1,135Micaela223
- #1,135Rosalyn223
- #1,139Marlowe222
- #1,139Maisy222
- #1,139Sally222
- #1,139Selina222
- #1,146Adilene221
- #1,146Aleigha221
- #1,146Aubriana221
Tied with 6 names at #1,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 112,750 of them was named Marlowe, which outranked 62.4% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,058Zacari18
- #5,058Zayvier18
- #5,058Zebulun18
- #5,289Marlowe17
- #5,289Aakash17
- #5,289Aalijah17
- #5,289Aaran17
- #5,507Aasim16
- #5,507Aasir16
- #5,507Abdiaziz16
Tied with 217 names at #5,289; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.