NameTides

Marlo

Marlo was the #1,833 girls' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies), and #4,201 in England & Wales and #1,315 in Canada.

Marlo as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marlo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Marlo as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,833 (109)#4,201 (5)#1,315 (19)
2024#1,708 (119)#2,116 (13)#1,479 (16)
2023#1,965 (100)#5,688 (3)#1,582 (14)
2022#1,710 (122)—#2,315 (8)
2021#1,926 (102)#2,942 (8)#1,286 (19)
2020#2,156 (84)#2,843 (8)#1,359 (17)
2019#1,763 (116)#4,686 (4)#2,025 (10)
2018#1,978 (99)#3,985 (5)#1,639 (13)
2017#2,401 (75)#4,063 (5)#1,584 (14)
2016#2,117 (92)#3,609 (6)#2,195 (9)
2015#2,382 (77)—#1,874 (11)
2014#2,154 (88)—#2,185 (9)
2013#2,083 (92)—#1,599 (14)
2012#1,918 (103)—#2,921 (6)
2011#2,346 (79)—#2,618 (7)

Marlo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Marlo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#1,708 (95)#702 (50)#762 (3)—#1,944 (10)
2024#1,673 (100)#800 (41)#727 (3)—#2,439 (7)
2023#1,632 (106)#890 (35)#614 (4)—#1,947 (9)
2022#2,000 (76)#1,011 (29)—#657 (4)#2,052 (8)
2021#1,853 (83)#771 (43)——#2,061 (8)
2020#1,849 (80)#962 (29)#599 (4)—#1,520 (12)
2019#1,917 (77)#1,253 (20)——#1,375 (14)
2018#2,147 (65)#1,235 (21)——#2,403 (6)
2017#2,566 (49)#1,289 (20)——#2,762 (5)
2016#1,991 (72)#1,363 (19)——#1,988 (8)
2015#2,600 (47)#1,327 (19)——#1,956 (8)
2014#2,317 (56)#2,459 (8)———
2013#2,562 (47)#1,617 (14)———
2012#2,905 (40)#2,117 (10)———
2011#2,852 (41)#2,039 (10)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1970 at #396.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1931.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 53% of US babies named Marlo were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 15,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 50,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,900uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 5,400uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 14,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 12,000 to 1 in 17,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #863MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #1,032INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #927PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Marlo (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarloCanadaGirls#1,31519
MarloCanadaBoys#1,94410
MarloEngland & WalesGirls#4,2015
MarloEngland & WalesBoys#70250
MarloIrelandBoys—too few
MarloNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarloScotlandBoys#7623
MarloUSGirls#1,833109
MarloUSBoys#1,70895