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Marlow

#2,323 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Marlow has been given to 4,096 babies in the U.S. since 1910. In 2025 it ranked #2,323 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 60 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 54% boys, 46% girls all-time.

Babies named Marlow, 2025

1 in 55,300

Marlow over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Marlow over time

In 2025, Marlow went to 77% girls and 23% boys.

19102025

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.

Marlow: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Marlow means

Marlow is a given name.

The naming story behind Marlow

Wikidata records Marlow as a given name. The entity identifier is Q29533463, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,193 boys were recorded with the name Marlow between 1910 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 60 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,301 in 1937.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,983 in 2020 to #2,323 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,995 in 2015 to #2,323 in 2025.

In the United States, 1,903 girls were recorded with the name Marlow between 1963 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 199 in 2025; its best national rank was #1,167 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,028 in 2020 to #1,167 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,230 in 2015 to #1,167 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.

How common is Marlow?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 55,300
60 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 28,500
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,323
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
38,299 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Marlow sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 38,299 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Marlow. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Marlows were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Marlow was born before 1975 — so the typical Marlow is around 50 today.

Median birth year
1975
About 50 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
15.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
30.6%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,617
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 15.7% of all recorded uses (345).

Is Marlow 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
+172
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,660
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+2,672
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.16×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (60)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
34.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,301
1937

Spellings of Marlow

Marlow is not the most common spelling — Carlos is, with 38.7% against Marlow's 0.28%.

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 Marlow is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Marlow was most concentrated in Minnesota — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 422,302 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Minnesota1 in 100,000
  2. 2North Dakota1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Michigan1 in —
  7. 7New York1 in —
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in —

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. Marlow has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Marlow is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Marlow was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 6,667 girls, against 1 in 15,869 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

115 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 6,667
  2. 2Utah1 in 7,692
  3. 3Washington1 in 9,091
  4. 4Wisconsin1 in 9,091
  5. 5Oregon1 in 10,000
  6. 6Michigan1 in 11,111
  7. 7Ohio1 in 11,111
  8. 8Iowa1 in 12,500

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.

Marlow around the world

Where Marlow 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
    1999–2025
    #637
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2019–2025
    #762
    in 2025
  • France
    1993–2025
    #1,648
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2008–2024
    #2,134
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1944–2008
    #726
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS 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 Marlow

People whose public names include Marlow, 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.

Marlow in other languages

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

Marlowe

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

Marlow by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,323
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,660
Best rank ever
#1,301
1937
Peak year
2025
60 that year
First recorded
1910
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,193
Count in 2025
60

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,167
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 861
Best rank ever
#1,167
2025
Peak year
2025
199 that year
First recorded
1963
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,903
Count in 2025
199

Names similar to Marlow

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

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Names with a curve like Marlow

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

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Sibling names for Marlow

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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