NameTides

Marlowe

Marlowe was the #523 girls' name in the US in 2025 (575 babies), and #585 in England & Wales and #549 in Canada.

Marlowe as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Marlowe as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandNorthern IrelandCanadaUSEngland & WalesIreland
Marlowe as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#523 (575)#585 (67)#324 (10)#397 (3)#718 (4)#549 (55)
2024#624 (478)#594 (66)#541 (5)—#898 (3)#734 (40)
2023#835 (328)#637 (57)#395 (8)—#727 (4)#773 (36)
2022#779 (365)#596 (64)#531 (5)—#905 (3)#722 (38)
2021#896 (302)#555 (72)#485 (6)—#883 (3)#859 (33)
2020#924 (279)#821 (44)#765 (3)——#623 (46)
2019#1,054 (243)#717 (54)——#871 (3)#875 (31)
2018#1,044 (246)#843 (44)#809 (3)——#677 (43)
2017#985 (264)#1,063 (33)———#881 (31)
2016#1,034 (256)#1,211 (28)———#765 (37)
2015#1,139 (222)#1,139 (30)———#888 (30)
2014#1,186 (206)#1,966 (14)———#972 (27)
2013#1,277 (185)#3,160 (7)———#864 (31)
2012#1,929 (102)————#1,297 (19)
2011#2,238 (84)————#1,500 (15)

Marlowe as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Marlowe as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesCanadaUS
Marlowe as a boy’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.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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#3,240 (36)#1,066 (28)#2,269 (8)
2024#2,750 (47)#1,402 (19)—
2023#3,117 (39)#1,042 (28)#2,614 (6)
2022#3,464 (33)#1,104 (25)#2,810 (5)
2021#5,562 (16)#1,448 (17)—
2020#4,540 (21)#1,314 (19)—
2019#4,639 (21)#1,745 (13)#2,440 (6)
2018#3,607 (30)#1,683 (14)—
2017#5,526 (16)#2,052 (11)—
2016#4,943 (19)#1,498 (17)—
2015#5,289 (17)#1,586 (15)—
2014#5,485 (16)#1,486 (16)—
2013#7,026 (11)#2,403 (8)—
2012#6,001 (14)#1,756 (13)—
2011#4,822 (19)#2,390 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #523.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1918.
  • In 2025, 94% of US babies named Marlowe were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,700uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Marlowe is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Marlowe by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #326WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #368WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #285MNIllinois: #667ILMichigan: #364MINew York: #567NYMassachusetts: #375MAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #390OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: #540CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #556CAUtah: #408UTColorado: #270CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #589MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #840MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #578AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #497KSArkansas: #425ARTennessee: #453TNNorth Carolina: #371NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #520ALGeorgia: #710GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #649TXFlorida: #796FL
Marlowe (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#56422

Marlowe (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MarloweCanadaGirls#54955
MarloweCanadaBoys#2,2698
MarloweEngland & WalesGirls#58567
MarloweEngland & WalesBoys#1,06628
MarloweIrelandGirls#7184
MarloweNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
MarloweScotlandGirls#32410
MarloweUSGirls#523575
MarloweUSBoys#3,24036