Meaning not yet researched.
Marlowe: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 575 in 2025. Its best rank was #523 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 94% of babies named Marlowe in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#523 for US girls in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Marlowe: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 575 girls in 2025. Peak: #523 in 2025 · most girls in one year: 575 (2025).
In 2025, 575 US girls were named Marlowe, making it the 523rd most common girls’ name of the year, up 102 places from #625 in 2024. That is 97 more than the 478 girls named Marlowe in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #523, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most girls given the name: 575. For comparison, it was #1,140 in 2015 and #5,085 in 1950.
In 2025, 36 US boys were named Marlowe, making it the 3,286th most common boys’ name of the year, down 508 places from #2,778 in 2024. That is 11 fewer than the 47 boys named Marlowe in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,340, reached in 1952. The most boys given the name in a single year was 47, in 2024. For comparison, it was #5,437 in 2015 and #2,390 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marlowe in 114 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1912 with 5 babies. In all, 6,467 US babies have been given the name, 74% of them girls and 26% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,519 babies named Marlowe.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,336 US girls were named Marlowe; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 575. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,795 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marlowe ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #260 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Marlow (4,096 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Marlowe in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 16 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 5 | #260 | — |
| Colorado | 23 | #274 | #673 |
| Minnesota | 19 | #299 | — |
| Wisconsin | 16 | #338 | — |
| Michigan | 24 | #370 | #878 |
| Iowa | 9 | #371 | — |
| North Carolina | 29 | #377 | #870 |
| Washington | 19 | #384 | #818 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #388 | #796 |
| Ohio | 29 | #400 | #1,403 |
| Utah | 10 | #431 | — |
| Nebraska | 5 | #455 | — |
| Oregon | 8 | #466 | — |
| Tennessee | 17 | #469 | — |
| Arkansas | 7 | #472 | — |
| Louisiana | 9 | #523 | — |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #530 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #547 | #1,345 |
| Kansas | 6 | #554 | — |
| California | 58 | #561 | #680 |
| Alabama | 9 | #563 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | #566 | #1,040 |
| New York | 29 | #580 | #874 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #596 | — |
| Arizona | 11 | #615 | #821 |
| Missouri | 9 | #622 | — |
| Virginia | 12 | #642 | — |
| Texas | 47 | #659 | #2,013 |
| Illinois | 14 | #695 | #1,131 |
| New Jersey | 11 | #696 | #1,023 |
| Georgia | 14 | #734 | #1,450 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #744 | — |
| Florida | 20 | #820 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #825 | — |
| Maryland | 5 | #950 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 575 | #523 | 36 | #3,286 |
| 2024 | 478 | #625 | 47 | #2,778 |
| 2023 | 328 | #836 | 39 | #3,157 |
| 2022 | 365 | #779 | 33 | #3,510 |
| 2021 | 302 | #899 | 16 | #5,698 |
| 2020 | 279 | #927 | 21 | #4,646 |
| 2019 | 243 | #1,055 | 21 | #4,743 |
| 2018 | 246 | #1,047 | 30 | #3,672 |
| 2017 | 264 | #986 | 16 | #5,695 |
| 2016 | 256 | #1,036 | 19 | #5,068 |
| 2015 | 222 | #1,140 | 17 | #5,437 |
| 2014 | 206 | #1,190 | 16 | #5,628 |
| 2013 | 185 | #1,279 | 11 | #7,363 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,934 | 14 | #6,200 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,250 | 19 | #4,930 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,775 | 16 | #5,644 |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,281 | 11 | #7,531 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,908 | 16 | #5,676 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,184 | 8 | #9,442 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,748 | 15 | #5,696 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,721 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,424 | 5 | #12,536 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,991 | 12 | #6,122 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,309 | 10 | #6,864 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,696 | 5 | #11,687 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,032 | 8 | #7,930 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,037 | — | — |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,856 | 7 | #8,137 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,126 | 9 | #6,431 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,865 | 7 | #7,682 |
| 1995 | — | — | 8 | #6,762 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,546 | 8 | #6,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,899 | 8 | #6,621 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,841 | 13 | #4,487 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,503 | 13 | #4,390 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,957 | 8 | #6,199 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,728 | 7 | #6,677 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,649 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,764 | 9 | #4,808 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,347 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,136 | 5 | #7,194 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,173 | 7 | #5,354 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,518 | 8 | #4,763 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,820 | 11 | #3,851 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,445 | 8 | #4,798 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,706 | — | — |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,744 | 7 | #5,171 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,267 | 11 | #3,533 |
| 1977 | — | — | 13 | #3,142 |
| 1976 | — | — | 16 | #2,667 |
| 1975 | — | — | 14 | #2,852 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,617 | 20 | #2,175 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,741 | 20 | #2,094 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,315 | 21 | #2,005 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,722 | 16 | #2,432 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,666 | 24 | #1,831 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,309 | 15 | #2,272 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,669 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,207 | 11 | #2,559 |
| 1966 | — | — | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1965 | — | — | 8 | #3,155 |
| 1964 | — | — | 12 | #2,504 |
| 1963 | — | — | 16 | #2,090 |
| 1962 | — | — | 13 | #2,330 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,190 | 21 | #1,803 |
| 1960 | — | — | 12 | #2,492 |
| 1959 | — | — | 13 | #2,370 |
| 1958 | — | — | 8 | #3,188 |
| 1957 | — | — | 16 | #2,067 |
| 1956 | — | — | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1955 | — | — | 17 | #1,947 |
| 1954 | — | — | 21 | #1,690 |
| 1953 | — | — | 14 | #2,158 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,340 |
| 1951 | — | — | 25 | #1,508 |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,085 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,751 | 14 | #2,083 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,689 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,818 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1946 | — | — | 16 | #1,862 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,000 | 8 | #2,683 |
| 1944 | — | — | 16 | #1,793 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,511 | 7 | #3,131 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,105 | 11 | #2,344 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,833 | — | — |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,800 | 15 | #1,865 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,688 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1938 | — | — | 13 | #2,058 |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,082 | 14 | #1,965 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,768 |
| 1935 | — | — | 19 | #1,633 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,684 | 22 | #1,484 |
| 1933 | — | — | 23 | #1,439 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,794 | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1931 | — | — | 17 | #1,813 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,003 | 21 | #1,634 |
| 1929 | — | — | 17 | #1,904 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,180 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1927 | — | — | 17 | #2,003 |
| 1926 | — | — | 18 | #1,880 |
| 1925 | — | — | 18 | #1,911 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,291 | 10 | #2,951 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,229 | 15 | #2,191 |
| 1922 | — | — | 12 | #2,582 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,873 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1920 | — | — | 17 | #2,021 |
| 1919 | — | — | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,629 | 18 | #1,874 |
| 1917 | — | — | 12 | #2,377 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,912 |
| 1915 | — | — | 15 | #1,938 |
| 1914 | — | — | 5 | #3,580 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,481 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,776 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).