girls:
7k births since 1931
#1954 (66th percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1915
#2119 (54th percentile)
overall:
10.5k births since 1915
#2581 (67th percentile)
The name Marlo is the #2,581 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 10,516 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 66.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 66.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,954 (65.8% percentile) for all time with 7,035 births since 1931. For boys, it ranks #2,119 (53.8% percentile) for all time with 3,481 births since 1915.
Marlo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1931 for girls). Birth data for Marlo is available in 106 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (106 years for boys and 88 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marlo has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (66.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 49.3% of babies named Marlo were girls. Interestingly, until around 1966, the name was more popular for boys (69.6% boys from 1915 to 1965), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (71.5% girls from 1966 to 2023).
For girls, Marlo reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 51.7% percentile (ranked #374) with 324 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 324 births per million (ranked 51.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marlo ranks #852 for girls (10.0% percentile) with 57 births per million, which is 17.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marlo reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 12.0% percentile (ranked #582) with 50 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 56 births per million (ranked 10.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Marlo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #813 (10.8% percentile) with 56 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marlo".
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