Marilou
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #11,122
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 73 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,231since 1915
Marilou over time
Rank among girls' names. Marilou has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #12,426 | 6 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #6,392 | 14 |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 |
| 1990 | #5,286 | 17 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,746 | 15 |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 |
| 1978 | #5,563 | 11 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,789 | 21 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 |
| 1965 | #2,345 | 26 |
| 1964 | #2,246 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,952 | 36 |
| 1962 | #1,947 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,447 | 58 |
| 1959 | #1,643 | 44 |
| 1958 | #1,322 | 64 |
| 1957 | #1,301 | 66 |
| 1956 | #1,287 | 65 |
| 1955 | #1,292 | 61 |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 |
| 1953 | #1,071 | 81 |
| 1952 | #1,017 | 85 |
| 1951 | #1,045 | 79 |
| 1950 | #1,026 | 79 |
| 1949 | #958 | 87 |
| 1948 | #914 | 90 |
| 1947 | #992 | 79 |
| 1946 | #1,015 | 69 |
| 1945 | #873 | 74 |
| 1944 | #867 | 77 |
| 1943 | #1,027 | 60 |
| 1942 | #921 | 72 |
| 1941 | #948 | 60 |
| 1940 | #915 | 61 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 |
| 1937 | #850 | 66 |
| 1936 | #968 | 50 |
| 1935 | #884 | 61 |
| 1934 | #774 | 75 |
| 1933 | #769 | 73 |
| 1932 | #856 | 66 |
| 1931 | #984 | 50 |
| 1930 | #786 | 80 |
| 1929 | #902 | 63 |
| 1928 | #870 | 70 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,503 | 31 |
| 1923 | #2,021 | 19 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 |
| 1918 | #2,209 | 16 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Marilou! It came in at #2,688, and was given to 10 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marilou is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#857 · 1 in 17,484
- Pennsylvania#888 · 1 in 23,156
- New York#933 · 1 in 20,594
- California#1,366 · 1 in 31,284
Best ever in a state: #198 in Washington, 1930.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #857 | 6 | 1 in 17,484 |
| Pennsylvania | #888 | 5 | 1 in 23,156 |
| New York | #933 | 8 | 1 in 20,594 |
| California | #1,366 | 5 | 1 in 31,284 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marilou
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 305 spots in 1927 (#1,115 → #810)
- Biggest drop: 198 spots in 1931 (#786 → #984)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1933 at #769 (73 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 20 yrs · run 1927–1938
- Highest: 1 in 13,807 girls born in 1933 were named Marilou (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 202,524 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.6% of all girls named Marilou (729) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 64 | #1,745 (1919) | #2,649 |
| 1920s | 376 | #810 (1927) | #1,709 |
| 1930s | 618 | #769 (1933) | #893 |
| 1940s | 729 | #867 (1944) | #943 |
| 1950s | 697 | #1,017 (1952) | #1,217 |
| 1960s | 295 | #1,447 (1960) | #2,480 |
| 1970s | 143 | #2,856 (1970) | #4,569 |
| 1980s | 106 | #4,282 (1985) | #6,362 |
| 1990s | 81 | #5,286 (1990) | #10,004 |
| 2000s | 47 | #9,482 (2002) | #11,996 |
| 2010s | 43 | #10,545 (2018) | #14,557 |
| 2020s | 32 | #11,090 (2020) | #13,246 |
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.
Marilou in 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 30,888 of them was named Marilou, which outranked 81.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,279Lindsey66
- #1,279Lonna66
- #1,279Tonja66
- #1,287Marilou65
- #1,287Alane65
- #1,287Carma65
- #1,287Donetta65
- #1,298Belva64
- #1,298Bridgett64
- #1,298Deb64
Tied with 10 names at #1,287; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.