Marlow
- #1,163 for girls in 2025, 199 births
- #2,304 for boys in 2025, 60 births
- Given to boys 53.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1937 · 27 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,193since 1910
Marlow over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,163 | 199 | #2,304 | 60 |
| 2024 | #1,317 | 174 | #2,476 | 55 |
| 2023 | #1,361 | 165 | #2,362 | 58 |
| 2022 | #1,670 | 126 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #1,441 | 149 | #2,349 | 58 |
| 2020 | #2,023 | 92 | #3,918 | 26 |
| 2019 | #1,700 | 123 | #2,851 | 43 |
| 2018 | #2,145 | 88 | #3,240 | 35 |
| 2017 | #1,902 | 106 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #2,209 | 85 | #4,890 | 19 |
| 2014 | #2,781 | 62 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #2,936 | 57 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #4,494 | 32 | #3,994 | 25 |
| 2009 | #5,097 | 28 | #4,922 | 19 |
| 2008 | #5,434 | 26 | #6,070 | 14 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #5,072 | 17 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #4,631 | 18 |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | #6,976 | 10 |
| 2003 | — | #5,877 | 12 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | #7,139 | 8 | |
| 1998 | — | #6,843 | 8 | |
| 1997 | — | #9,265 | 5 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,693 | 17 | |
| 1994 | — | #4,803 | 12 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,167 | 13 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,618 | 15 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,079 | 17 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | — | #2,357 | 22 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,159 | 24 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,411 | 12 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #2,568 | 18 |
| 1978 | — | #1,371 | 45 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #1,571 | 35 |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #1,572 | 34 |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | #1,630 | 31 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,351 | 40 |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #1,378 | 38 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #1,615 | 28 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | #1,526 | 28 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #2,868 | 19 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | — | #2,270 | 13 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,900 | 18 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #1,902 | 18 |
| 1962 | — | #1,852 | 19 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,097 | 8 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,772 | 21 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,806 | 20 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,766 | 20 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,945 | 17 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,791 | 19 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,826 | 18 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,391 | 11 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,218 | 12 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,988 | 15 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,393 | 9 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,080 | 12 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,277 | 11 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,629 | 19 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,485 | 21 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,397 | 23 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,578 | 18 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,476 | 21 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,288 | 27 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,463 | 21 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,326 | 26 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,394 | 25 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,821 | 17 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,793 | 18 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,871 | 18 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,720 | 20 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,776 | 20 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,331 | 13 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,014 | 9 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,511 | 11 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,562 | 10 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,543 | 10 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,458 | 10 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,580 | 12 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
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| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1910
The first year at least five boys were named Marlow! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Marlow is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Oklahoma#698 · 1 in 3,536
- Washington#801 · 1 in 4,685
- California#1,998 · 1 in 25,068
Best ever in a state: #197 in North Dakota, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #698 | 5 | 1 in 3,536 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
| California | #1,998 | 7 | 1 in 25,068 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Marlow
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,614 spots since 2020 (#3,918 → #2,304)
Rise & fade · boys
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1910
- Peaked 1937 at #1,288 (27 births)
- Births halved by 1943, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,468
- Highest: 1 in 28,468 boys born in 2025 were named Marlow (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,288 in 1937, was only 1 in 39,506 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 15.7% of all boys named Marlow (345) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
- Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 86 | #1,580 (1913) | #2,253 |
| 1920s | 132 | #1,720 (1926) | #2,538 |
| 1930s | 220 | #1,288 (1937) | #1,481 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,397 (1940) | #2,102 |
| 1950s | 158 | #1,766 (1958) | #2,043 |
| 1960s | 168 | #1,526 (1969) | #2,080 |
| 1970s | 345 | #1,329 (1973) | #1,578 |
| 1980s | 163 | #2,159 (1984) | #3,029 |
| 1990s | 102 | #3,693 (1995) | #5,984 |
| 2000s | 135 | #4,631 (2005) | #5,905 |
| 2010s | 240 | #2,851 (2019) | #4,476 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,304 (2025) | #2,681 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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