Marlowe Girl
How popular is Marlowe?
#523 girl name in 2025
575 baby girls were named Marlowe in the US in 2025, making it the 523rd most popular girl name. Another 36 boys got the name (#3,239 for boys).
Marlowe popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #523 for girls (▲ 101 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 575 girls, 36 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+159% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,139 in 2015, #924 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (575 girls) |
| Highest rank | #523 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1918 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 8% boys, 92% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Marlowe 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 Marlowe is most popular
Babies named Marlowe per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Colorado: 0.7 per 1,000 (79 girls)
- Iowa: 0.7 per 1,000 (39 girls)
- Alaska: 0.6 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Oregon: 0.6 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- New Hampshire: 0.5 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Marlowe by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1920s | 25 | #3,970 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,939 |
| 1940s | 38 | #3,557 |
| 1950s | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1960s | 35 | #4,052 |
| 1970s | 68 | #4,491 |
| 1980s | 68 | #5,539 |
| 1990s | 77 | #7,504 |
| 2000s | 250 | #2,270 |
| 2010s | 1,872 | #985 |
| 2020s | 2,327 | #523 |
Girl names about as popular as Marlowe
Questions
- Is Marlowe a boy or girl name?
- Marlowe is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 92% of babies named Marlowe were girls.
- How popular is the name Marlowe?
- 575 baby girls were named Marlowe in the US in 2025, making it the 523rd most popular girl name. Another 36 boys got the name (#3,239 for boys).
- When was Marlowe most popular?
- Marlowe peaked in 2025, when 575 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #523 in 2025.
- How many people are named Marlowe?
- 6,467 babies have been named Marlowe in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,796 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Marlowe most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Marlowe was most common in Colorado, at 0.7 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.