Marylou
#4,758 for girls in 2025, 28 births
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 337 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 13,112since 1898
Marylou over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Marylou has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,758 | 28 |
| 2024 | #4,893 | 27 |
| 2023 | #5,126 | 25 |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 |
| 2021 | #5,955 | 20 |
| 2020 | #5,487 | 22 |
| 2019 | #5,449 | 23 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 |
| 2017 | #4,220 | 34 |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #5,456 | 24 |
| 2013 | #4,243 | 34 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #5,935 | 22 |
| 2010 | #5,977 | 22 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 |
| 2001 | #4,321 | 28 |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 |
| 1999 | #4,313 | 26 |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,302 | 35 |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 |
| 1995 | #3,357 | 33 |
| 1994 | #2,797 | 43 |
| 1993 | #2,825 | 42 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,810 | 39 |
| 1988 | #1,986 | 60 |
| 1987 | #2,044 | 54 |
| 1986 | #1,980 | 55 |
| 1985 | #1,588 | 75 |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 |
| 1982 | #1,735 | 64 |
| 1981 | #2,447 | 39 |
| 1980 | #2,866 | 31 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 |
| 1978 | #1,987 | 48 |
| 1977 | #2,063 | 46 |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 |
| 1975 | #1,963 | 45 |
| 1974 | #1,937 | 44 |
| 1973 | #1,666 | 54 |
| 1972 | #1,473 | 65 |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 |
| 1970 | #1,270 | 86 |
| 1969 | #1,440 | 66 |
| 1968 | #1,099 | 94 |
| 1967 | #1,097 | 90 |
| 1966 | #986 | 108 |
| 1965 | #887 | 127 |
| 1964 | #793 | 172 |
| 1963 | #707 | 207 |
| 1962 | #718 | 207 |
| 1961 | #579 | 300 |
| 1960 | #675 | 227 |
| 1959 | #670 | 223 |
| 1958 | #682 | 210 |
| 1957 | #638 | 236 |
| 1956 | #707 | 183 |
| 1955 | #733 | 168 |
| 1954 | #623 | 212 |
| 1953 | #685 | 174 |
| 1952 | #603 | 207 |
| 1951 | #521 | 253 |
| 1950 | #497 | 262 |
| 1949 | #477 | 284 |
| 1948 | #450 | 315 |
| 1947 | #486 | 286 |
| 1946 | #450 | 296 |
| 1945 | #425 | 280 |
| 1944 | #402 | 315 |
| 1943 | #372 | 373 |
| 1942 | #361 | 376 |
| 1941 | #386 | 316 |
| 1940 | #386 | 300 |
| 1939 | #369 | 315 |
| 1938 | #384 | 301 |
| 1937 | #350 | 337 |
| 1936 | #375 | 286 |
| 1935 | #367 | 300 |
| 1934 | #372 | 288 |
| 1933 | #408 | 243 |
| 1932 | #459 | 200 |
| 1931 | #477 | 179 |
| 1930 | #512 | 172 |
| 1929 | #498 | 183 |
| 1928 | #510 | 183 |
| 1927 | #409 | 281 |
| 1926 | #586 | 146 |
| 1925 | #819 | 82 |
| 1924 | #777 | 92 |
| 1923 | #760 | 91 |
| 1922 | #819 | 80 |
| 1921 | #1,017 | 54 |
| 1920 | #949 | 59 |
| 1919 | #875 | 64 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 |
| 1917 | #1,261 | 33 |
| 1916 | #1,100 | 41 |
| 1915 | #1,025 | 42 |
| 1914 | #1,119 | 29 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,241 | 14 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 |
| 1909 | #1,219 | 12 |
| 1908 | #1,439 | 9 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
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First appearance
1898
The first year at least five girls were named Marylou! It came in at #1,700, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1902–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Marylou is popular in 1953
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#223 · 1 in 1,892
- Arizona#318 · 1 in 1,859
- New Mexico#329 · 1 in 2,059
- Massachusetts#331 · 1 in 5,362
- New Jersey#358 · 1 in 4,161
Best ever in a state: #120 in Connecticut, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #223 | 11 | 1 in 1,892 |
| Arizona | #318 | 6 | 1 in 1,859 |
| New Mexico | #329 | 5 | 1 in 2,059 |
| Massachusetts | #331 | 9 | 1 in 5,362 |
| New Jersey | #358 | 12 | 1 in 4,161 |
| Pennsylvania | #412 | 20 | 1 in 5,536 |
| Michigan | #422 | 15 | 1 in 5,533 |
| New York | #448 | 29 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Ohio | #532 | 11 | 1 in 8,766 |
| Illinois | #582 | 10 | 1 in 9,443 |
| Texas | #763 | 11 | 1 in 10,074 |
| California | #1,027 | 7 | 1 in 19,836 |
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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
Holding steady
- 135 spots since 2024 (#4,893 → #4,758)
- 729 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #4,758)
- 530 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #4,758)
- Biggest jump: 284 spots in 1918 (#1,261 → #977)
- Biggest drop: 139 spots in 1962 (#579 → #718)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1898
- Peaked 1937 at #350 (337 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1922–1966
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,157
- Highest: 1 in 3,157 girls born in 1937 were named Marylou (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 57,402 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1940s
- 24.0% of all girls named Marylou (3,141) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #1,278 (1899) | #1,489 |
| 1900s | 54 | #1,219 (1909) | #1,644 |
| 1910s | 313 | #875 (1919) | #1,242 |
| 1920s | 1,251 | #409 (1927) | #714 |
| 1930s | 2,621 | #350 (1937) | #407 |
| 1940s | 3,141 | #361 (1942) | #420 |
| 1950s | 2,128 | #497 (1950) | #636 |
| 1960s | 1,598 | #579 (1961) | #898 |
| 1970s | 536 | #1,270 (1970) | #1,851 |
| 1980s | 517 | #1,588 (1985) | #2,158 |
| 1990s | 356 | #2,790 (1991) | #3,302 |
| 2000s | 209 | #4,321 (2001) | #6,029 |
| 2010s | 228 | #4,220 (2017) | #6,081 |
| 2020s | 148 | #4,758 (2025) | #5,208 |
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.
Marylou in 1953
girls
#685
174 births · 1 in 10,812 girls
Top girls' names in 1953
More about 1953
girls
1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 10,812 of them was named Marylou, which outranked 89.5% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).