Marilu
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-ree-LOO
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Marilu is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Marilu come from?
Spanish: Spanish and Italian blend of María and Luisa
Is Marilu a girl's or a boy's name?
Marilu is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marilu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Marilu, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 55 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Marilu in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 1999, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marilu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,675 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 22 | #6,088 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,277 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,227 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 31 | #4,216 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 31 | #3,800 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,793 |
| 1997 | 39 | #3,033 |
| 1996 | 54 | #2,395 |
| 1995 | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,460 |
| 1993 | 47 | #2,595 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 55 | #2,314 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 41 | #2,397 |
| 1984 | 27 | #3,143 |
| 1983 | 51 | #1,992 |
| 1982 | 46 | #2,185 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 31 | #2,666 |
| 1976 | 28 | #2,727 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 15 | #3,339 |
| 1966 | 15 | #3,265 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,514 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 18 | #2,921 |
| 1961 | 26 | #2,358 |
| 1960 | 22 | #2,572 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 26 | #2,075 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 21 | #2,265 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,353 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,317 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,236 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 11 | #2,860 |
| 1942 | 15 | #2,310 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 13 | #2,262 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,573 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,687 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 19 | #1,891 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,059 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
Names like Marilu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda Luz Milagros Melissa Sierra Lucero Mercedes Mara Dulce Meredith Melanie Melody
Names related to Marilu
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Ximena Javier Amayah Reina Cesar Paloma
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Marilu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marilu, updated 20 October 2026.