Girls' name · since 1907
Marylouise
Since 1907, U.S. Social Security records show 1,926 babies named Marylouise, peaking in 1923. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- 1,926
- total births
- 1907–2025
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 21%
- born in that decade
Marylouise is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 1,926 have been recorded since 1907.
Marylouise has 1,926 recorded births among girls since 1907, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1907 to 2025.
- 1,926 total births
- 1907–2025 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 21% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Marylouise's 1,926 recorded births place it above 93% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
Marylouise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marylouise splits its recorded history at 1957: 25% of all births land in the more recent half, 75% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1923 peak of 61 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marylouise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1907–2025
- Peak year (1923)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 119 years of records
Marylouise by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1940s was Marylouise's strongest decade.
403 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Marylouise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 13
1900s
13 births
- 1910s
1910s
219 births
- 1920s
1920s
393 births
- 1930s
1930s
234 births
- 1940s
1940s
403 births
- 1950s
1950s
243 births
- 1960s
1960s
192 births
- 1970s 44
1970s
44 births
- 1980s 42
1980s
42 births
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s 42
2000s
42 births
- 2010s 37
2010s
37 births
- 2020s 28
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 403 births (21% of all-time use).
How Marylouise 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 Marylouise's total volume
Marylouise vs 15 similarly-sized girls names
Marylouise by state
Where Marylouise concentrates geographically, total births since 1907
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 272 | 14.1% |
| #2 | New York | | 103 | 5.3% |
| #3 | California | | 53 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 20 | 1.0% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 17 | 0.9% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
272 of 1,926 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Marylouise's data
- Marylouise's decade-level peak was the 1940s (403 total births); usage has since declined to 28 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Marylouises (272 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1907–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Marylouise: Baby Name Since 1907 - 1,926 Births, Peak 1923." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/marylouise. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Marylouise 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 July 2026.