Girls' name · since 1919
Marilu
2,279 babies named Marilu in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,279
- born since 1919
- 1990s
- peak decade
2,279 babies have been named Marilu since 1919, making it today's #6880 girls' name.
Marilu has 2,279 recorded births among girls since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6880 as of the latest data, more common than 60% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 2025.
- #4,319 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,880 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,279 born since 1919
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marilu ranks #4,319 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,880 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,279 born since 1919, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,880 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,279
- born since 1919
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marilu's 2,279 recorded births place it above 94.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Marilu compares
2,279 Top 21% higher than 79% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marilu's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marilu | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marilu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marilu's SSA record in two at 1974 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1919, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 55, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marilu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 107 years of records
Marilu by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (443 births, 19% of the file).
1990s was Marilu's strongest decade.
443 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Marilu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 67
1920s
67 births
- 1930s 116
1930s
116 births
- 1940s 136
1940s
136 births
- 1950s
1950s
196 births
- 1960s 167
1960s
167 births
- 1970s
1970s
225 births
- 1980s
1980s
373 births
- 1990s
1990s
443 births
- 2000s
2000s
282 births
- 2010s
2010s
181 births
- 2020s 88
2020s
88 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 443 births (19% of all-time use).
How Marilu compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marilu's total volume
Marilu by state
Where Marilu concentrates geographically, total births since 1919
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 539 | 23.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 301 | 13.2% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 79 | 3.5% |
| #4 | New York | | 38 | 1.7% |
| #5 | Florida | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.2% |
539 of 2,279 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Marilu's data
- Marilu's decade-level peak was the 1990s (443 total births); usage has since declined to 88 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marilus (539 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Marilu
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marilu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~106 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1919–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marilu draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.