Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Marlow**

#1,996 most common boys' name of all time · #4,804 across all names · 54% male / 46% female · used 1910–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,996
Rank overall
#4,804 of 105,966
First appeared
1910
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
4,096
Since 2016
1,741
Peak year
2025 #2,311
Best rank
#1,308 1937
Girls Boys peak 259/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marlow first appears in 1910. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 199 60 259 #2,311
2024 174 55 229 #2,479
2023 165 58 223 #2,365
2022 126 49 175 #2,680
2021 149 58 207 #2,353
2020 92 26 118 #3,932
2019 123 43 166 #2,858
2018 88 35 123 #3,254
2017 106 19 125 #4,951
2016 93 23 116 #4,341
2015 85 19 104 #4,904
2014 62 17 79 #5,273
2013 57 26 83 #3,877
2012 35 11 46 #7,077
2011 45 22 67 #4,371
2010 32 25 57 #4,005
2009 28 19 47 #4,944
2008 26 14 40 #6,097
2007 8 17 25 #5,227
2006 8 17 25 #5,095
2005 7 18 25 #4,648
2004 8 10 18 #7,028
2003 — 12 12 #5,908
2002 5 10 15 #6,571
2001 8 9 17 #6,989
2000 — 9 9 #6,897
1999 — 8 8 #7,204
1998 — 8 8 #6,901
1997 — 5 5 #9,358
1996 — 16 16 #4,052
1995 — 17 17 #3,724
1994 — 12 12 #4,853
1993 — 11 11 #5,053
1992 5 7 12 #6,741
1991 — 5 5 #8,378
1990 — 13 13 #4,204
1989 — 15 15 #3,655
1988 — 17 17 #3,114
1987 6 14 20 #3,379
1986 5 12 17 #3,695
1985 — 22 22 #2,381
1984 — 24 24 #2,178
1983 — 12 12 #3,468
1982 5 14 19 #3,158
1981 6 14 20 #3,080
1980 7 19 26 #2,562
1979 5 18 23 #2,592
1978 — 45 45 #1,381
1977 6 35 41 #1,586
1976 9 34 43 #1,586
1975 14 31 45 #1,643
1974 10 40 50 #1,360
1973 14 39 53 #1,339
1972 10 37 47 #1,407
1971 10 38 48 #1,391
1970 11 28 39 #1,634
1969 11 28 39 #1,551
1968 7 13 20 #2,361
1967 19 12 31 #2,399
1966 9 18 27 #1,849
1965 — 13 13 #2,313
1964 — 18 18 #1,936
1963 5 18 23 #1,938
1962 — 19 19 #1,873
1961 — 8 8 #3,179
1960 — 21 21 #1,793
1959 — 20 20 #1,841
1958 — 20 20 #1,806
1957 — 16 16 #2,060
1956 — 17 17 #1,980
1955 — 19 19 #1,820
1954 — 18 18 #1,870
1953 — 11 11 #2,448
1952 — 8 8 #2,975
1951 — 16 16 #1,949
1950 — 13 13 #2,170
1949 — 7 7 #3,117
1948 — 12 12 #2,279
1947 — 15 15 #2,033
1946 — 9 9 #2,616
1945 — 9 9 #2,483
1944 — 12 12 #2,146
1943 — 11 11 #2,346
1942 — 19 19 #1,660
1941 — 21 21 #1,518
1940 — 23 23 #1,424
1939 — 18 18 #1,627
1938 — 21 21 #1,511
1937 — 27 27 #1,308
1936 — 21 21 #1,495
1935 — 26 26 #1,351
1934 — 21 21 #1,540
1933 — 21 21 #1,534
1932 — 23 23 #1,498
1931 — 25 25 #1,422
1930 — 17 17 #1,866
1929 — 18 18 #1,835
1928 — 7 7 #3,462
1927 — 18 18 #1,925
1926 — 20 20 #1,768
1925 — 12 12 #2,521
1924 — 20 20 #1,827
1923 — 13 13 #2,395
1922 — 9 9 #3,106
1921 — 5 5 #4,445
1920 — 10 10 #2,854
1919 — 11 11 #2,591
1918 — 15 15 #2,132
1917 — 10 10 #2,656
1916 — 10 10 #2,641
1915 — 10 10 #2,541
1914 — 6 6 #3,045
1913 — 12 12 #1,660
1912 — 7 7 #2,190
1910 — 5 5 #1,824