NameTides

Marlow

Marlow was the #1,163 girls' name in the US in 2025 (199 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Marlow as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Marlow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandUSCanadaEngland & Wales
Marlow as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#1,163 (199)#2,138 (13)#632 (4)#1,373 (18)
2024#1,317 (174)#2,412 (11)—#1,949 (11)
2023#1,361 (165)#1,640 (18)—#1,582 (14)
2022#1,670 (126)#2,058 (13)—#1,854 (11)
2021#1,441 (149)#2,499 (10)—#1,454 (16)
2020#2,023 (92)#3,447 (6)—#1,428 (16)
2019#1,700 (123)#2,286 (11)—#1,600 (14)
2018#2,145 (88)#5,666 (3)—#2,151 (9)
2017#1,902 (106)#3,583 (6)—#1,784 (12)
2016#2,093 (93)#3,609 (6)#798 (3)#1,785 (12)
2015#2,209 (85)#3,252 (7)—#2,599 (7)
2014#2,781 (62)#4,003 (5)——
2013#2,936 (57)——#2,595 (7)
2012#4,216 (35)——#2,338 (8)
2011#3,496 (45)——#3,310 (5)

Marlow as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Marlow as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.060.130.190.2518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesScotlandCanadaUS
Marlow as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, 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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#2,304 (60)#637 (58)#762 (3)#1,804 (11)
2024#2,476 (55)#737 (47)—#2,238 (8)
2023#2,362 (58)#625 (57)—#2,921 (5)
2022#2,675 (49)#901 (34)—#1,895 (9)
2021#2,349 (58)#682 (52)—#2,061 (8)
2020#3,918 (26)#1,019 (27)—#1,708 (10)
2019#2,851 (43)#1,587 (15)#701 (3)—
2018#3,240 (35)#1,324 (19)——
2017#4,935 (19)#1,210 (22)——
2016#4,327 (23)#1,123 (25)——
2015#4,890 (19)#1,121 (24)——
2014#5,252 (17)#1,421 (17)——
2013#3,864 (26)#1,294 (19)—#2,305 (6)
2012#7,050 (11)#2,721 (7)—#2,368 (6)
2011#4,356 (22)#1,600 (14)—#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,163.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1963.
  • In 2025, 77% of US babies named Marlow were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 8,100 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 8,100uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 29,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 6,500uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlow is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 7,600 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 6,100 to 1 in 9,500.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlow by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #811WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,418NYMassachusetts: #873MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: #490UTColorado: #497CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #619OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #716ALGeorgia: #1,358GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Marlow (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
MarlowCanadaGirls#1,37318
MarlowCanadaBoys#1,80411
MarlowEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
MarlowEngland & WalesBoys#63758
MarlowNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
MarlowNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MarlowScotlandGirls#6324
MarlowScotlandBoys#7623
MarlowUSGirls#1,163199
MarlowUSBoys#2,30460