Marlo
Marlo is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 119 births. Its best rank was 396th, in 1968.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1190.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 1970593 births
- Best rank
- #396in 1968
- Since 1931
- 10,738people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,155 girls have been named Marlo in the United States since 1931, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 593 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1974, and the 1970s alone account for 36%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Marlo is used for both sexes: 33% of its bearers are boys (3,583), most of them born around 2023.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marlo | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 36 | |
| 1940s | 105 | |
| 1950s | 113 | |
| 1960s | 1,603 | |
| 1970s | 2,546 | |
| 1980s | 530 | |
| 1990s | 329 | |
| 2000s | 461 | |
| 2010s | 905 | |
| 2020s | 527 |
In 1970, its biggest year
Marlo was the 398th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Marlo
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marniepeak 1969
- Marnipeak 1969
- Dionnepeak 1970
- Elkepeak 1968
- Jeneenpeak 1972
- Josettepeak 1968
- Lashonpeak 1970
- Anjanettepeak 1971
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.