Marlowe
Marlowe was given to 575 girls in 2025, #523 among girls’ names; 6,467 Americans have been recorded with it since 1912 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,750 Americans named Marlowe and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 3 and 14.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marlowe by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Marlowe?
#523 among girls’ names, 2025
Marlowe rose from #1,140 in 2015 to #523 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.12 to 0.36 per 1,000.
611 babies in 2025, the peak
Marlowe peaked in 2025, when 611 babies were given it (575 girls, #523 among girls’ names). In 2024 it went to 478 girls.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 575 | #523 | 36 | #3,285 |
| 2024 | 478 | #625 | 47 | #2,778 |
| 2023 | 328 | #836 | 39 | #3,155 |
| 2022 | 365 | #779 | 33 | #3,508 |
| 2021 | 302 | #899 | 16 | #5,693 |
| 2020 | 279 | #927 | 21 | #4,642 |
| 2019 | 243 | #1,055 | 21 | #4,739 |
| 2018 | 246 | #1,047 | 30 | #3,668 |
| 2017 | 264 | #986 | 16 | #5,691 |
| 2016 | 256 | #1,036 | 19 | #5,064 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 222 | #1,140 | 17 | #5,433 |
| 2014 | 206 | #1,190 | 16 | #5,624 |
| 2013 | 185 | #1,279 | 11 | #7,358 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,934 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,250 | 19 | #4,928 |
| 2010 | 64 | #2,774 | 16 | #5,640 |
| 2009 | 86 | #2,281 | 11 | #7,526 |
| 2008 | 41 | #3,907 | 16 | #5,671 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,181 | 8 | #9,436 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,746 | 15 | #5,692 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,716 | 8 | #8,804 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,418 | 5 | #12,529 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,985 | 12 | #6,115 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,303 | 10 | #6,857 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,689 | 5 | #11,679 |
| 2000 | 15 | #7,025 | 8 | #7,922 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,031 | under 5 | |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,850 | 7 | #8,129 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,121 | 9 | #6,425 |
| 1996 | 6 | #12,859 | 7 | #7,675 |
| 1995 | under 5 | 8 | #6,755 | |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,540 | 8 | #6,758 |
| 1993 | 5 | #14,893 | 8 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,834 | 13 | #4,480 |
| 1991 | 6 | #12,496 | 13 | #4,383 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,951 | 8 | #6,192 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,722 | 7 | #6,670 |
| 1988 | under 5 | 10 | #4,644 | |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,759 | 9 | #4,801 |
| 1986 | under 5 | 10 | #4,343 | |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,131 | 5 | #7,188 |
| 1984 | 9 | #7,171 | 7 | #5,350 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,516 | 8 | #4,761 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,818 | 11 | #3,849 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,442 | 8 | #4,796 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,705 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,742 | 7 | #5,169 |
| 1978 | 6 | #9,265 | 11 | #3,532 |
| 1977 | under 5 | 13 | #3,141 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 16 | #2,666 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 14 | #2,850 | |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,616 | 20 | #2,174 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,739 | 20 | #2,093 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,314 | 21 | #2,005 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,720 | 16 | #2,431 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,665 | 24 | #1,830 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,308 | 15 | #2,271 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,668 | 14 | #2,263 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,206 | 11 | #2,558 |
| 1966 | under 5 | 13 | #2,295 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 8 | #3,154 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 12 | #2,503 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 16 | #2,089 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 13 | #2,329 | |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,189 | 21 | #1,802 |
| 1960 | under 5 | 12 | #2,491 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 13 | #2,369 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 8 | #3,187 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 16 | #2,066 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 18 | #1,921 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 17 | #1,946 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 21 | #1,689 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 14 | #2,157 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 32 | #1,339 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 25 | #1,507 | |
| 1950 | 6 | #5,083 | 11 | #2,389 |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,749 | 14 | #2,082 |
| 1948 | under 5 | 20 | #1,688 | |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,816 | 23 | #1,579 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 16 | #1,861 | |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,998 | 8 | #2,682 |
| 1944 | under 5 | 16 | #1,792 | |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,510 | 7 | #3,130 |
| 1942 | 5 | #5,103 | 11 | #2,343 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,831 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,798 | 15 | #1,865 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,686 | 18 | #1,613 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 13 | #2,058 | |
| 1937 | 9 | #3,081 | 14 | #1,965 |
| 1936 | under 5 | 16 | #1,768 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 19 | #1,633 | |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,682 | 22 | #1,484 |
| 1933 | under 5 | 23 | #1,439 | |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,792 | 17 | #1,824 |
| 1931 | under 5 | 17 | #1,813 | |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,001 | 21 | #1,634 |
| 1929 | under 5 | 17 | #1,904 | |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,178 | 24 | #1,549 |
| 1927 | under 5 | 17 | #2,003 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 18 | #1,880 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 18 | #1,910 | |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,289 | 10 | #2,950 |
| 1923 | 7 | #4,228 | 15 | #2,190 |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,581 | |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,871 | 13 | #2,456 |
| 1920 | under 5 | 17 | #2,020 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 9 | #3,028 | |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,627 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1917 | under 5 | 12 | #2,376 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 16 | #1,911 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 15 | #1,937 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 5 | #3,579 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 14 | #1,480 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 5 | #2,775 |
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 Marlowe a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 6,467 Americans recorded as Marlowe, 74% are girls and 26% boys. In 2025 it went to 575 girls and 36 boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Marlowe: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marlowe, and how old are they?
5,750 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 6,467 Americans ever recorded as Marlowe. The median Marlowe alive today is 8 years old; half are between 3 and 14.
The 2020 Census counted 3,321 people named Marlowe (2,436 women and girls, 885 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,427 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 64 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 224 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 294 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 238 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 686 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,250 |
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 Marlowe born?
The states with the most babies named Marlowe are California, Texas and New York, with 25% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 58 | #561 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 47 | #659 | 0.5× |
| New York | 29 | #580 | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 29 | #400 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 29 | #377 | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 24 | #370 | 0.5× |
| Colorado | 23 | #274 | 1.2× |
| Pennsylvania | 20 | #547 | 0.6× |
| Florida | 20 | #820 | 0.4× |
| Minnesota | 19 | #299 | 1.4× |
Where Marlowe is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marlowe is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1912 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ 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 Marlowe with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marlowe
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
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- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Marlowe.
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