Marlow Boy & girl
How popular is Marlow?
#1,163 girl name in 2025
199 baby girls were named Marlow in the US in 2025, making it the 1163rd most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
Marlow popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,163 for girls (▲ 154 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 199 girls, 60 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+134% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,209 in 2015, #2,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (199 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,163 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1963 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 24% boys, 76% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marlow counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Marlowe family of names ranked #400 for girls in 2025 (#457 the year before), with 774 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Marlowe | 575 | 74% |
| Marlow | 199 | 26% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Marlow is most popular
Babies named Marlow per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.3 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Colorado: 0.2 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (29 girls)
- Iowa: 0.2 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Marlow by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 51 | #2,868 |
| 1970s | 89 | #4,154 |
| 1980s | 29 | #8,177 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,309 |
| 2000s | 98 | #5,096 |
| 2010s | 726 | #1,700 |
| 2020s | 905 | #1,163 |
Girl names about as popular as Marlow
Questions
- Is Marlow a boy or girl name?
- Marlow is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 24% of babies named Marlow were boys and 76% were girls.
- How popular is the name Marlow?
- 199 baby girls were named Marlow in the US in 2025, making it the 1163rd most popular girl name. Another 60 boys got the name (#2,304 for boys).
- When was Marlow most popular?
- Marlow peaked in 2025, when 199 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,163 in 2025.
- How many people are named Marlow?
- 4,096 babies have been named Marlow in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,480 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Marlow most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marlow was most common in Utah, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.