Marlo

Where Marlo comes from

The dictionaries list Marlo as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1931
    First appearance
    #3,226 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1937
    Marlo Morgan born
    American writer
  3. 1968
    Peak, #395
    545 babies named Marlo — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #614.
  5. 1994
    Marlo Sweatman born
    Jamaican-American soccer player
  6. 2024
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Marlo Morgan · American writer, born 1937
  • Marlo Sweatman · Jamaican-American soccer player, born 1994
  • Marlo Kelly · Australian actress, born 1996
  • Marlo Hoogstraten · Dutch DJ based in Australia, born 1993
  • Marlo Mortel · Filipino singer, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.