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Marlo

#1,839 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Marlo has been given to 10,944 babies in the U.S. since 1931. In 2025 it ranked #1,839 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1970, with 593 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 66% girls, 34% boys all-time.

Babies named Marlo, 2025

1 in 30,400

Marlo over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Marlo over time

In 2025, Marlo went to 53% girls and 47% boys.

19152025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Marlo: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marlo means

Marlo is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Marlo is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 7,264 girls were recorded with the name Marlo between 1931 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 593 in 1970; its best national rank was #396 in 1968.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,166 in 2020 to #1,839 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,397 in 2015 to #1,839 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,680 boys were recorded with the name Marlo between 1915 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 106 in 2023; its best national rank was #882 in 1972.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,861 in 2020 to #1,720 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,629 in 2015 to #1,720 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Marlo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 30,400
109 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 14,700
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,839
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
21,083 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marlo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 21,083 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marlo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marlos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marlo was born before 1974 — so the typical Marlo is around 51 today.

Median birth year
1974
About 51 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
35.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
27.1%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
7,123
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Choose a decade

1970s — 35.0% of all recorded uses (2,546).

Is Marlo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−126
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+327
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+558
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.42×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.4%
Peak was 1970 (593)
Years since peak
55
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#396
1968

Spellings of Marlo

Marlo is not the most common spelling — Mary is, with 65.4% against Marlo's 0.11%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Marlo is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Marlo was most concentrated in Pennsylvania — about 1 in 11,111 girls, against 1 in 21,618 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

19 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Pennsylvania1 in 11,111
  2. 2Wisconsin1 in 12,500
  3. 3Michigan1 in 14,286
  4. 4Ohio1 in 14,286
  5. 5California1 in 16,667
  6. 6Minnesota1 in 16,667
  7. 7Missouri1 in 16,667
  8. 8Colorado1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Marlo is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Marlo was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 20,000 boys, against 1 in 29,483 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 20,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 20,000
  3. 3Pennsylvania1 in 25,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 33,333
  6. 6Illinois1 in 33,333
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 33,333
  8. 8Ohio1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Marlo around the world

Where Marlo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2016–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • France
    2016–2025
    #6,772
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,399
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1971–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Marlo

People whose public names include Marlo, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Marlo in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Marlo. Linked forms have their own page here.

MaloMarioMarlon

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Marlo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,839
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 327
Best rank ever
#396
1968
Peak year
1970
593 that year
First recorded
1931
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
7,264
Count in 2025
109

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,720
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 141
Best rank ever
#882
1972
Peak year
2023
106 that year
First recorded
1915
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,680
Count in 2025
95

Names similar to Marlo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Marlo

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Marlo, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

MarnieDionneMichellLatoniaJosetteKarrieKerrieWindyVenusLashawnWendiAngella

Sibling names for Marlo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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