Boys' name · since 1971
Marlos
Since 1971, U.S. Social Security records show 103 babies named Marlos, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marlos is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 103 have been recorded since 1971.
Marlos has 103 recorded births among boys since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2006.
- #17,218 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlos ranks #17,218 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #17,218 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Marlos's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Marlos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Marlos's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Marlos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2006
- Peak year (1975)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Marlos by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (52 births, 50% of the file).
1970s was Marlos's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Marlos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
35 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 52 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Marlos's decade-level peak was the 1970s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Marlos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1971–2006 (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 Marlos 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.