Marilu
Marilu is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 15 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 150.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 199155 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1919
- 2,263people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,263 girls have been named Marilu in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 55 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1990s alone account for 20%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marilu | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 67 | |
| 1930s | 116 | |
| 1940s | 136 | |
| 1950s | 196 | |
| 1960s | 167 | |
| 1970s | 225 | |
| 1980s | 373 | |
| 1990s | 443 | |
| 2000s | 282 | |
| 2010s | 181 | |
| 2020s | 72 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Marilu was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Marilu
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeanellepeak 1981
- Jacquelynnpeak 1993
- Beatrizpeak 1990
- Jacklynpeak 1987
- Janiecepeak 1993
- Zoilapeak 1988
- Pricillapeak 1990
- Lucilapeak 1982
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.