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.

Marlowe**

#2,126 most common girls' name of all time · #3,615 across all names · 26% male / 74% female · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,126
Rank overall
#3,615 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
114 of 146
All-time
6,467
Since 2016
3,614
Peak year
2025 #523
Best rank
#523 2025
Girls Boys peak 611/yr
192019401960198020002020

Marlowe first appears in 1912. 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 575 36 611 #523
2024 478 47 525 #625
2023 328 39 367 #836
2022 365 33 398 #779
2021 302 16 318 #896
2020 279 21 300 #926
2019 243 21 264 #1,054
2018 246 30 276 #1,045
2017 264 16 280 #986
2016 256 19 275 #1,035
2015 222 17 239 #1,141
2014 206 16 222 #1,187
2013 185 11 196 #1,278
2012 102 14 116 #1,933
2011 84 19 103 #2,239
2010 64 16 80 #2,757
2009 86 11 97 #2,272
2008 41 16 57 #3,874
2007 28 8 36 #5,120
2006 19 15 34 #6,614
2005 18 8 26 #6,563
2004 10 5 15 #9,957
2003 9 12 21 #10,490
2002 15 10 25 #7,098
2001 9 5 14 #10,189
2000 15 8 23 #6,850
1999 12 12 #7,779
1998 12 7 19 #7,594
1997 6 9 15 #12,199
1996 6 7 13 #11,933
1995 8 8
1994 10 8 18 #8,197
1993 5 8 13 #13,623
1992 11 13 24 #7,573
1991 6 13 19 #11,654
1990 9 8 17 #8,592
1989 15 7 22 #5,600
1988 10 10
1987 9 9 18 #7,442
1986 10 10
1985 6 5 11 #9,459
1984 9 7 16 #6,907
1983 10 8 18 #6,297
1982 7 11 18 #8,359
1981 5 8 13 #10,600
1980 7 7 #8,297
1979 8 7 15 #7,412
1978 6 11 17 #8,703
1977 13 13
1976 16 16
1975 14 14
1974 8 20 28 #6,374
1973 12 20 32 #4,646
1972 10 21 31 #5,173
1971 12 16 28 #4,596
1970 12 24 36 #4,555
1969 9 15 24 #5,146
1968 10 14 24 #4,565
1967 11 11 22 #4,124
1966 13 13
1965 8 8
1964 12 12
1963 16 16
1962 13 13
1961 5 21 26 #6,777
1960 12 12
1959 13 13
1958 8 8
1957 16 16
1956 18 18
1955 17 17
1954 21 21
1953 14 14
1952 32 32
1951 25 25
1950 6 11 17 #4,914
1949 5 14 19 #5,501
1948 20 20
1947 5 23 28 #5,541
1946 16 16
1945 5 8 13 #4,819
1944 16 16
1943 6 7 13 #4,403
1942 5 11 16 #4,900
1941 7 7 #3,738
1940 5 15 20 #4,623
1939 5 18 23 #4,529
1938 13 13
1937 9 14 23 #3,070
1936 16 16
1935 19 19
1934 7 22 29 #3,619
1933 23 23
1932 7 17 24 #3,742
1931 17 17
1930 5 21 26 #4,830
1929 17 17
1928 5 24 29 #4,988
1927 17 17
1926 18 18
1925 18 18
1924 7 10 17 #4,202
1923 7 15 22 #4,175
1922 12 12
1921 6 13 19 #4,733
1920 17 17
1919 9 9
1918 6 18 24 #4,539
1917 12 12
1916 16 16
1915 15 15
1914 5 5
1913 14 14
1912 5 5