Marlow
Marlow is given to both girls and boys: 199 girls and 60 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,167 among girls’ names and #2,323 among boys’, #1,870 among all names counting both); 4,096 Americans have been recorded with it since 1910 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,440 Americans named Marlow and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (84% of everyone recorded); the median is 10 years old and half are between 4 and 41.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marlow by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Marlow?
#2,323 among boys’ names, 2025
Marlow rose from #4,995 in 2015 to #2,323 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.9 to 35.1 per million.
259 babies in 2025, the peak
Marlow peaked in 2025, when 259 babies were given it (60 boys, #2,323 among boys’ names). In 2024 it went to 55 boys.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 199 | #1,167 | 60 | #2,323 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,323 | 55 | #2,495 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,370 | 58 | #2,377 |
| 2022 | 126 | #1,673 | 49 | #2,697 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,447 | 58 | #2,364 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,028 | 26 | #3,983 |
| 2019 | 123 | #1,707 | 43 | #2,882 |
| 2018 | 88 | #2,156 | 35 | #3,279 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,913 | 19 | #5,042 |
| 2016 | 93 | #2,107 | 23 | #4,420 |
Every recorded year (115)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 85 | #2,230 | 19 | #4,995 |
| 2014 | 62 | #2,796 | 17 | #5,395 |
| 2013 | 57 | #2,961 | 26 | #3,925 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,259 | 11 | #7,368 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,535 | 22 | #4,450 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,564 | 25 | #4,067 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,181 | 19 | #5,039 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,525 | 14 | #6,289 |
| 2007 | 8 | #13,456 | 17 | #5,346 |
| 2006 | 8 | #13,161 | 17 | #5,222 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,953 | 18 | #4,754 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,335 | 10 | #7,343 |
| 2003 | under 5 | 12 | #6,114 | |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,162 | 10 | #6,856 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,661 | 9 | #7,289 |
| 2000 | under 5 | 9 | #7,190 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 8 | #7,604 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 8 | #7,286 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 5 | #10,230 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 16 | #4,116 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 17 | #3,787 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 12 | #4,997 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 11 | #5,240 | |
| 1992 | 5 | #14,645 | 7 | #7,135 |
| 1991 | under 5 | 5 | #9,101 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 13 | #4,315 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 15 | #3,742 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 17 | #3,154 | |
| 1987 | 6 | #10,706 | 14 | #3,446 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,076 | 12 | #3,793 |
| 1985 | under 5 | 22 | #2,403 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 24 | #2,212 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 12 | #3,549 | |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,581 | 14 | #3,224 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,871 | 14 | #3,149 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,704 | 19 | #2,585 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,245 | 18 | #2,644 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 45 | #1,384 | |
| 1977 | 6 | #9,186 | 35 | #1,594 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,385 | 34 | #1,591 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,485 | 31 | #1,649 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,606 | 40 | #1,364 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,275 | 39 | #1,340 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,313 | 37 | #1,404 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,352 | 38 | #1,393 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,955 | 28 | #1,644 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,619 | 28 | #1,549 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,011 | 13 | #2,405 |
| 1967 | 19 | #2,931 | 12 | #2,427 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,731 | 18 | #1,860 |
| 1965 | under 5 | 13 | #2,333 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 18 | #1,948 | |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,253 | 18 | #1,938 |
| 1962 | under 5 | 19 | #1,881 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 8 | #3,269 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 21 | #1,799 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 20 | #1,841 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 20 | #1,817 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 16 | #2,065 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 17 | #1,993 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 19 | #1,827 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 18 | #1,869 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 11 | #2,481 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 8 | #3,012 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 16 | #1,949 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 13 | #2,166 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 7 | #3,197 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 12 | #2,287 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 15 | #2,043 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 9 | #2,632 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 9 | #2,514 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 12 | #2,149 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 11 | #2,356 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 19 | #1,661 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 21 | #1,513 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 23 | #1,423 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 18 | #1,612 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 21 | #1,508 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 27 | #1,301 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 21 | #1,490 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 26 | #1,341 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 21 | #1,539 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 21 | #1,525 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 23 | #1,498 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 25 | #1,416 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 17 | #1,870 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 18 | #1,838 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 7 | #3,583 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 18 | #1,925 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 20 | #1,764 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 12 | #2,537 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 20 | #1,821 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 13 | #2,403 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 9 | #3,156 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 5 | #4,740 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 10 | #2,891 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 11 | #2,607 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 15 | #2,127 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 10 | #2,656 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 10 | #2,666 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 10 | #2,557 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 6 | #3,126 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 12 | #1,640 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 7 | #2,172 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,759 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Marlow a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,096 Americans recorded as Marlow, 46% are girls and 54% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marlow: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marlow, and how old are they?
3,440 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 84% of the 4,096 Americans ever recorded as Marlow. The median Marlow alive today is 10 years old; half are between 4 and 41.
The 2020 Census counted 2,176 people named Marlow (1,026 women and girls, 1,150 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,370 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 61 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 197 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 530 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 240 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 419 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,000 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marlow born?
The states with the most babies named Marlow are California, Texas and Washington, with 32% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Washington is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 22 | #2,123 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 16 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Washington | 14 | #861 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 11 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #769 | 0.3× |
| New York | 9 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 9 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Wisconsin | 8 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Utah | 8 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 6 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marlow with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
More about Marlow and names like it
- The most given names of the 2020sMarlow peaked in 2025.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marlow since 1910.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Marlow.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Marlow alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with MMost given first.