Marlo
Marlo was the 1839th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 109 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 396th; the most babies were born in 1970 (593). Over the last ten years it has moved up 558 places. More babies were named Marlo in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,839 girls, up 327 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 109girls
- Girls and boys
- 55% girls, 45% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1970593 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,944babies recorded
Marlo popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,839 | #1,720 | 109 | 95 |
| 2020 | #2,166 | #1,861 | 84 | 80 |
| 2010 | #2,286 | #2,769 | 84 | 44 |
| 2000 | #3,635 | #2,844 | 36 | 32 |
| 1990 | #3,485 | #2,412 | 31 | 29 |
| 1980 | #1,333 | #1,254 | 95 | 55 |
| 1970 | #398 | #1,289 | 593 | 42 |
| 1960 | #5,027 | #1,570 | 8 | 27 |
| 1950 | #5,084 | #1,924 | 6 | 16 |
| 1940 | — | #2,050 | — | 13 |
| 1930 | — | #2,256 | — | 13 |
| 1920 | — | #3,119 | — | 9 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Marlo, counting every spelling?
Marlo has no other common spelling that sounds the same. Counting every name's spellings together, it ranks #1,657 for girls in 2025, against #1,839 on the official list.
How many kids will share the name Marlo?
109 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marlo (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marlo born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 77 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marlo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Marlo?
About 6,800 people born in the US named Marlo are alive today, with a median age of 51; half are between 19 and 56. That makes Marlo mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Marlo by state
How common Marlo was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (1.8×), Michigan (1.7×). In 34 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Marlo
How popular is the name Marlo?
Marlo was the 1839th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 109 babies. Its best year was 1968, when it ranked 396th; the most babies were born in 1970 (593). Over the last ten years it has moved up 558 places. More babies were named Marlo in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Marlo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 55% girls, 45% boys given the name Marlo in the US.
Where is Marlo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Marlo was most common in Ohio (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin.