girls:
1.5k births since 1963
#4218 (26th percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1910
#2755 (40th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1910
#4558 (41st percentile)
The name Marlow is the #4,558 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,606 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 41.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,755 (39.9% percentile) for all time with 2,077 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #4,218 (26.2% percentile) for all time with 1,529 births since 1963.
Marlow first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Marlow is available in 113 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (113 years for boys and 42 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 Marlow has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 25.8% of babies named Marlow were boys. Interestingly, until around 2010, the name was more popular for boys (85.8% boys from 1910 to 2009), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (74.5% girls from 2010 to 2023).
For boys, Marlow reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #636) with 26 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Marlow is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #859 (5.7% percentile) with 31 births per million.
For girls, Marlow reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 16.8% percentile (ranked #788) with 94 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 94 births per million (ranked 16.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Marlow is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #788 (16.8% percentile) with 94 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marlow".
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