Marlowe
#523 for girls in 2025, 575 births · #3,240 for boys in 2025, 36 births
Given to girls 74.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 575 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,805since 1918
Marlowe 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 | #523 | 575 | #3,240 | 36 |
| 2024 | #624 | 478 | #2,750 | 47 |
| 2023 | #835 | 328 | #3,117 | 39 |
| 2022 | #779 | 365 | #3,464 | 33 |
| 2021 | #896 | 302 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #924 | 279 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2019 | #1,054 | 243 | #4,639 | 21 |
| 2018 | #1,044 | 246 | #3,607 | 30 |
| 2017 | #985 | 264 | #5,526 | 16 |
| 2016 | #1,034 | 256 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #1,139 | 222 | #5,289 | 17 |
| 2014 | #1,186 | 206 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #1,277 | 185 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | #6,001 | 14 |
| 2011 | #2,238 | 84 | #4,822 | 19 |
| 2010 | #2,752 | 64 | #5,478 | 16 |
| 2009 | #2,270 | 86 | #7,236 | 11 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #5,487 | 16 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | #6,592 | 19 | #5,525 | 15 |
| 2005 | #6,528 | 18 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,425 | 9 | #5,877 | 12 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,808 | 15 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | — | |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | — | #6,407 | 8 | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #4,327 | 13 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #4,499 | 8 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | — | #3,037 | 13 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,601 | 16 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,751 | 14 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | #1,966 | 21 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,794 | 24 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | — | #2,216 | 13 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,409 | 12 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,044 | 16 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | — | #2,423 | 12 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,886 | 18 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,668 | 21 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,489 | 25 | |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 | #2,321 | 11 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #1,555 | 23 |
| 1946 | — | #1,813 | 16 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #2,268 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #1,802 | 15 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | — | #1,976 | 13 | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,913 | 14 |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #1,461 | 22 |
| 1933 | — | #1,405 | 23 | |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #1,777 | 17 |
| 1931 | — | #1,770 | 17 | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #1,522 | 24 |
| 1927 | — | #1,959 | 17 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,846 | 18 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | #2,822 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | — | #2,486 | 12 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #2,376 | 13 |
| 1920 | — | #1,966 | 17 | |
| 1919 | — | #2,877 | 9 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #1,827 | 18 |
| 1917 | — | #2,280 | 12 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,849 | 16 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #3,264 | 5 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Marlowe! It came in at #4,291, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Marlowe is popular in 2023
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alaska#137 · 1 in 324
- Connecticut#411 · 1 in 1,630
- Colorado#419 · 1 in 1,663
- Oregon#454 · 1 in 1,762
- Minnesota#463 · 1 in 1,904
Best ever in a state: #137 in Alaska, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #137 | 5 | 1 in 324 |
| Connecticut | #411 | 7 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Colorado | #419 | 13 | 1 in 1,663 |
| Oregon | #454 | 7 | 1 in 1,762 |
| Minnesota | #463 | 11 | 1 in 1,904 |
| Utah | #531 | 7 | 1 in 2,310 |
| Massachusetts | #538 | 9 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Iowa | #575 | 5 | 1 in 2,349 |
| Ohio | #609 | 16 | 1 in 2,935 |
| Alabama | #619 | 7 | 1 in 2,656 |
| Washington | #624 | 10 | 1 in 2,825 |
| Indiana | #643 | 10 | 1 in 2,783 |
| Wisconsin | #653 | 7 | 1 in 2,919 |
| Pennsylvania | #730 | 13 | 1 in 3,589 |
| Kentucky | #734 | 5 | 1 in 3,382 |
| Michigan | #741 | 10 | 1 in 3,528 |
| Tennessee | #763 | 9 | 1 in 3,505 |
| Virginia | #837 | 8 | 1 in 4,152 |
| California | #850 | 35 | 1 in 4,711 |
| Georgia | #932 | 10 | 1 in 4,538 |
| Texas | #1,006 | 29 | 1 in 5,591 |
| Illinois | #1,028 | 8 | 1 in 5,569 |
| Florida | #1,040 | 14 | 1 in 6,077 |
| New Jersey | #1,181 | 5 | 1 in 7,113 |
| New York | #1,219 | 11 | 1 in 7,068 |
| North Carolina | #1,270 | 6 | 1 in 7,404 |
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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 Marlowe
- 101 spots since 2024 (#624 → #523)
- 401 spots since 2020 (#924 → #523)
- 616 spots since 2015 (#1,139 → #523)
- Biggest jump: 211 spots in 2024 (#835 → #624)
- Biggest drop: 59 spots in 2018 (#985 → #1,044)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 2025 at #523 (575 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2020–2025
- Highest: 1 in 2,795 girls born in 2025 were named Marlowe (0.04%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Marlowe (2,327) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2003, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,291 (1918) | #4,291 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,971 (1923) | #4,291 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,940 (1937) | #3,751 |
| 1940s | 38 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,546 |
| 1950s | 6 | #4,738 (1950) | #4,738 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,053 (1967) | #5,042 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,492 (1970) | #5,836 |
| 1980s | 68 | #5,545 (1989) | #7,755 |
| 1990s | 77 | #7,512 (1992) | #9,801 |
| 2000s | 250 | #2,270 (2009) | #6,862 |
| 2010s | 1,872 | #985 (2017) | #1,464 |
| 2020s | 2,327 | #523 (2025) | #764 |
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.
Marlowe in 2023
Top girls' names in 2023
Top boys' names in 2023
More about 2023
girls
1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 4,892 of them was named Marlowe, which outranked 95.3% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 43,861 of them was named Marlowe, which outranked 78.1% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,055Yuvraj40
- #3,055Ziyad40
- #3,055Ziyon40
- #3,117Marlowe39
- #3,117Abdoulaye39
- #3,117Abdulloh39
- #3,117Ahan39
- #3,177Abbott38
- #3,177Abimael38
- #3,177Abir38
Tied with 59 names at #3,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.