Marlo
#1,833 for girls in 2025, 109 births · #1,708 for boys in 2025, 95 births
Given to girls 66.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1968 · 545 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,264since 1931
Marlo 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 | #1,833 | 109 | #1,708 | 95 |
| 2024 | #1,708 | 119 | #1,673 | 100 |
| 2023 | #1,965 | 100 | #1,632 | 106 |
| 2022 | #1,710 | 122 | #2,000 | 76 |
| 2021 | #1,926 | 102 | #1,853 | 83 |
| 2020 | #2,156 | 84 | #1,849 | 80 |
| 2019 | #1,763 | 116 | #1,917 | 77 |
| 2018 | #1,978 | 99 | #2,147 | 65 |
| 2017 | #2,401 | 75 | #2,566 | 49 |
| 2016 | #2,117 | 92 | #1,991 | 72 |
| 2015 | #2,382 | 77 | #2,600 | 47 |
| 2014 | #2,154 | 88 | #2,317 | 56 |
| 2013 | #2,083 | 92 | #2,562 | 47 |
| 2012 | #1,918 | 103 | #2,905 | 40 |
| 2011 | #2,346 | 79 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | #2,274 | 84 | #2,730 | 44 |
| 2009 | #2,592 | 71 | #3,399 | 32 |
| 2008 | #2,462 | 77 | #3,103 | 37 |
| 2007 | #3,786 | 42 | #3,313 | 33 |
| 2006 | #2,916 | 59 | #2,832 | 40 |
| 2005 | #3,509 | 42 | #3,710 | 25 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | #3,735 | 24 |
| 2003 | #3,805 | 36 | #2,674 | 37 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #3,188 | 28 |
| 2001 | #4,025 | 31 | #3,061 | 29 |
| 2000 | #3,591 | 36 | #2,805 | 32 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #2,665 | 32 |
| 1998 | #3,068 | 41 | #2,711 | 30 |
| 1997 | #2,977 | 40 | #3,160 | 23 |
| 1996 | #3,149 | 37 | #2,441 | 32 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #4,845 | 20 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #2,650 | 46 | #2,834 | 24 |
| 1991 | #3,369 | 32 | #2,295 | 31 |
| 1990 | #3,436 | 31 | #2,373 | 29 |
| 1989 | #3,477 | 29 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #1,482 | 51 |
| 1987 | #2,657 | 37 | #1,793 | 36 |
| 1986 | #2,724 | 35 | #2,290 | 24 |
| 1985 | #1,948 | 56 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,081 | 48 | #1,606 | 37 |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 | #1,327 | 49 |
| 1982 | #1,584 | 74 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | #1,309 | 50 |
| 1980 | #1,328 | 95 | #1,238 | 55 |
| 1979 | #1,323 | 94 | #1,077 | 68 |
| 1978 | #1,231 | 101 | #1,060 | 67 |
| 1977 | #992 | 137 | #1,071 | 65 |
| 1976 | #826 | 168 | #921 | 82 |
| 1975 | #748 | 191 | #1,170 | 52 |
| 1974 | #707 | 207 | #988 | 69 |
| 1973 | #614 | 251 | #904 | 78 |
| 1972 | #526 | 323 | #877 | 84 |
| 1971 | #432 | 481 | #1,181 | 48 |
| 1970 | #396 | 593 | #1,278 | 42 |
| 1969 | #432 | 498 | #1,326 | 36 |
| 1968 | #395 | 545 | #1,478 | 28 |
| 1967 | #503 | 353 | #1,449 | 28 |
| 1966 | #1,031 | 101 | #1,484 | 27 |
| 1965 | #3,149 | 16 | #1,559 | 25 |
| 1964 | #2,675 | 22 | #1,793 | 20 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #1,792 | 20 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1961 | #3,460 | 14 | #1,570 | 26 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #1,552 | 27 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #1,620 | 24 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #3,186 | 14 | #1,568 | 25 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | #1,419 | 29 |
| 1954 | #2,450 | 20 | #1,361 | 31 |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1952 | #2,921 | 14 | #1,297 | 33 |
| 1951 | #2,810 | 14 | #1,462 | 26 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #1,879 | 16 |
| 1949 | #2,999 | 12 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #1,946 | 14 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,759 | 16 |
| 1940 | — | #1,983 | 13 | |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #1,613 | 18 |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | — | #1,707 | 17 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,703 | 10 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,252 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
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| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marlo! It came in at #3,226, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1932–1933, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlo is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#543 · 1 in 5,107
- Virginia#625 · 1 in 5,639
- Michigan#695 · 1 in 7,139
- Florida#826 · 1 in 7,202
- Illinois#1,006 · 1 in 10,332
Best ever in a state: #149 in Hawaii, 1968.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #543 | 13 | 1 in 5,107 |
| Virginia | #625 | 5 | 1 in 5,639 |
| Michigan | #695 | 8 | 1 in 7,139 |
| Florida | #826 | 6 | 1 in 7,202 |
| Illinois | #1,006 | 7 | 1 in 10,332 |
| Texas | #1,019 | 10 | 1 in 10,047 |
| California | #1,081 | 14 | 1 in 10,684 |
| New York | #1,645 | 5 | 1 in 20,368 |
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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 Marlo
- 125 spots since 2024 (#1,708 → #1,833)
- 323 spots since 2020 (#2,156 → #1,833)
- 549 spots since 2015 (#2,382 → #1,833)
- Biggest jump: 528 spots in 1967 (#1,031 → #503)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1978 (#992 → #1,231)
- Debuted 1931
- Peaked 1968 at #395 (545 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 1967–1977
- Highest: 1 in 2,948 girls born in 1970 were named Marlo (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,746 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #395 in 1968, was only 1 in 3,010 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 35.0% of all girls named Marlo (2,546) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2023, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 | #3,181 (1938) | #3,414 |
| 1940s | 105 | #2,416 (1948) | #2,910 |
| 1950s | 113 | #2,450 (1954) | #3,747 |
| 1960s | 1,603 | #395 (1968) | #2,176 |
| 1970s | 2,546 | #396 (1970) | #780 |
| 1980s | 530 | #1,328 (1980) | #2,219 |
| 1990s | 329 | #2,650 (1992) | #3,544 |
| 2000s | 461 | #2,462 (2008) | #3,465 |
| 2010s | 905 | #1,763 (2019) | #2,142 |
| 2020s | 636 | #1,708 (2024) | #1,883 |
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.
Marlo in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 11,191 of them was named Marlo, which outranked 91.2% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 25,280 of them was named Marlo, which outranked 84.4% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,064Lanny66
- #1,064Parker66
- #1,064Valentin66
- #1,071Marlo65
- #1,071Benson65
- #1,071Brandy65
- #1,071Detrick65
- #1,079Arnoldo64
- #1,079Burt64
- #1,079Caesar64
Tied with 7 names at #1,071; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.