Marlo
Mostly boys · MAR-loh · English
Marlo is a name of English origin, meaning “land left by a drained lake”. In 2025 it ranked 731st for boys in the UK (53 babies) and 1,833rd for girls in the US (109 babies).
What does Marlo mean?
English: spelling of Marlow, an English place name
“land left by a drained lake”
Spelling of Marlow, a Thames-side town in Buckinghamshire.
- Say it
- MAR-loh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marlo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Marlo has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 53 boys in the UK and 109 girls and 95 boys in the US.
How popular is Marlo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #731among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53about 1 in 5,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 74% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were named Marlo, making it the 731st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 960th. 5 girls were also named Marlo in 2025 (4,276th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Marlo of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Marlo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 142 boys in the UK were given Marlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #351, up from #731 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 9% of the babies named Marlo in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 702nd in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Marlo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #731 |
| 2024 | 44 | #824 |
| 2023 | 39 | #892 |
| 2022 | 29 | #1,092 |
| 2021 | 44 | #818 |
| 2020 | 33 | #960 |
| 2019 | 22 | #1,261 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,243 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Marlo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,833among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 109about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 109 girls in the US were named Marlo, making it the 1,833rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,156th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 593 girls. It first appears in the records in 1931. 95 boys were also named Marlo in 2025 (1,708th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Marlo in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 893 girls in the US were given Marlo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #369, up from #1,833 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 53% of the babies named Marlo in the US were girls.
Marlo in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | #1,833 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,708 |
| 2023 | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,710 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 84 | #2,156 |
| 2019 | 116 | #1,763 |
| 2018 | 99 | #1,978 |
| 2017 | 75 | #2,401 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,117 |
| 2015 | 77 | #2,382 |
| 2014 | 88 | #2,154 |
| 2013 | 92 | #2,083 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,918 |
| 2011 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2010 | 84 | #2,274 |
| 2009 | 71 | #2,591 |
| 2008 | 77 | #2,462 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,915 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 36 | #3,801 |
| 2002 | 32 | #3,974 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 29 | #3,966 |
| 1998 | 41 | #3,065 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,840 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 29 | #3,471 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,739 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 48 | #2,080 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 74 | #1,584 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,790 |
| 1980 | 95 | #1,328 |
| 1979 | 94 | #1,323 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 137 | #992 |
| 1976 | 168 | #826 |
| 1975 | 191 | #748 |
| 1974 | 207 | #707 |
| 1973 | 251 | #614 |
| 1972 | 323 | #526 |
| 1971 | 481 | #432 |
| 1970 | 593 | #396 |
| 1969 | 498 | #432 |
| 1968 | 545 | #395 |
| 1967 | 353 | #503 |
| 1966 | 101 | #1,031 |
| 1965 | 16 | #3,148 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,674 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,920 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
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