Marilu
- #6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 19 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,279since 1919
Marilu over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marilu has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,838 | 16 |
| 2024 | #7,251 | 15 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #6,414 | 18 |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 |
| 2017 | #8,299 | 13 |
| 2016 | #5,622 | 23 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 |
| 2014 | #4,892 | 28 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #6,872 | 18 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #8,701 | 13 |
| 2009 | #6,091 | 22 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 |
| 2007 | #5,230 | 27 |
| 2006 | #4,165 | 35 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #4,220 | 31 |
| 2002 | #3,654 | 36 |
| 2001 | #4,107 | 30 |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 |
| 1999 | #3,804 | 31 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 |
| 1997 | #3,036 | 39 |
| 1996 | #2,398 | 54 |
| 1995 | #2,845 | 42 |
| 1994 | #2,465 | 51 |
| 1993 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 1992 | #2,548 | 49 |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 |
| 1990 | #2,345 | 53 |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,682 | 36 |
| 1985 | #2,398 | 41 |
| 1984 | #3,144 | 27 |
| 1983 | #1,993 | 51 |
| 1982 | #2,185 | 46 |
| 1981 | #2,928 | 30 |
| 1980 | #2,940 | 30 |
| 1979 | #3,147 | 26 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,728 | 28 |
| 1975 | #3,514 | 19 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 |
| 1972 | #2,598 | 27 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #3,266 | 15 |
| 1965 | #3,549 | 13 |
| 1964 | #3,515 | 14 |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 |
| 1962 | #2,922 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,359 | 26 |
| 1960 | #2,573 | 22 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,862 | 17 |
| 1957 | #2,651 | 19 |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,076 | 26 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,266 | 21 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 |
| 1949 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,354 | 18 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,861 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,311 | 15 |
| 1941 | #2,846 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,965 | 17 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 |
| 1938 | #2,021 | 16 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 |
| 1936 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1935 | #2,575 | 11 |
| 1934 | #2,741 | 10 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #1,892 | 19 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 |
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| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 |
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First appearance
1919
The first year at least five girls were named Marilu! It came in at #4,814, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1922, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marilu is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #616 in California, 1928.
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| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Rising
- 413 spots since 2024 (#7,251 → #6,838)
- 2,115 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #6,838)
- 1,170 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #6,838)
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1929 at #1,892 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,463
- Highest: 1 in 32,463 girls born in 1996 were named Marilu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,892 in 1929, was only 1 in 58,766 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 19.4% of all girls named Marilu (443) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 5 | #4,814 (1919) | #4,814 |
| 1920s | 67 | #1,892 (1929) | #3,599 |
| 1930s | 116 | #2,021 (1938) | #2,553 |
| 1940s | 136 | #1,965 (1940) | #2,773 |
| 1950s | 196 | #2,063 (1955) | #2,544 |
| 1960s | 167 | #2,359 (1961) | #3,208 |
| 1970s | 225 | #2,598 (1972) | #3,253 |
| 1980s | 373 | #1,993 (1983) | #2,671 |
| 1990s | 443 | #2,320 (1991) | #2,916 |
| 2000s | 282 | #3,654 (2002) | #4,801 |
| 2010s | 181 | #4,892 (2014) | #7,019 |
| 2020s | 88 | #6,414 (2021) | #7,532 |
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.
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