Marylou
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAIR-ee-loo
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,757 for girls
Marylou is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,757th for girls in the US (28 babies).
What does Marylou mean?
Modern: combination of Mary and Lou, short for Louise
A 20th-century American combination, familiar from the 1961 song Hello Mary Lou.
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Is Marylou a girl's or a boy's name?
Marylou is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marylou in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 5 girls.
Marylou in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Marylou in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,757among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 57,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the US were named Marylou, making it the 4,757th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1942, with 376 girls. It first appears in the records in 1898.
2025 had more girls named Marylou than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Marylou in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1961, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marylou in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #4,757 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 25 | #5,123 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 34 | #4,219 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 22 | #5,975 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,133 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,740 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 28 | #4,317 |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,522 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 35 | #3,299 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,352 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 42 | #2,784 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 39 | #2,804 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,982 |
| 1987 | 54 | #2,043 |
| 1986 | 55 | #1,979 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 39 | #2,447 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 48 | #1,987 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 44 | #1,937 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,666 |
| 1972 | 65 | #1,473 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,427 |
| 1970 | 86 | #1,270 |
| 1969 | 66 | #1,440 |
| 1968 | 94 | #1,099 |
| 1967 | 90 | #1,097 |
| 1966 | 108 | #986 |
| 1965 | 127 | #887 |
| 1964 | 172 | #793 |
| 1963 | 207 | #707 |
| 1962 | 207 | #718 |
| 1961 | 300 | #579 |
| 1960 | 227 | #675 |
| 1959 | 223 | #670 |
| 1958 | 210 | #682 |
| 1957 | 236 | #637 |
| 1956 | 183 | #706 |
| 1955 | 168 | #732 |
| 1954 | 212 | #622 |
| 1953 | 174 | #684 |
| 1952 | 207 | #602 |
| 1951 | 253 | #520 |
| 1950 | 262 | #496 |
| 1949 | 284 | #476 |
| 1948 | 315 | #450 |
| 1947 | 286 | #486 |
| 1946 | 296 | #450 |
| 1945 | 280 | #425 |
| 1944 | 315 | #402 |
| 1943 | 373 | #372 |
| 1942 | 376 | #361 |
| 1941 | 316 | #386 |
| 1940 | 300 | #386 |
| 1939 | 315 | #369 |
| 1938 | 301 | #384 |
| 1937 | 337 | #350 |
| 1936 | 286 | #375 |
| 1935 | 300 | #367 |
| 1934 | 288 | #372 |
| 1933 | 243 | #408 |
| 1932 | 200 | #459 |
| 1931 | 179 | #477 |
| 1930 | 172 | #512 |
| 1929 | 183 | #498 |
| 1928 | 183 | #510 |
| 1927 | 281 | #409 |
| 1926 | 146 | #586 |
| 1925 | 82 | #819 |
| 1924 | 92 | #777 |
| 1923 | 91 | #760 |
| 1922 | 80 | #819 |
| 1921 | 54 | #1,017 |
| 1920 | 59 | #949 |
| 1919 | 64 | #875 |
| 1918 | 54 | #977 |
| 1917 | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | 41 | #1,100 |
| 1915 | 42 | #1,025 |
| 1914 | 29 | #1,119 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 15 | #1,421 |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,241 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,634 |
| 1909 | 12 | #1,219 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,277 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
Nicknames for Marylou
- Lou 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Marylou
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bonnie Billie Maria Harriet Nancy Evelyn Miriam Martha Betsy Dorothy Margaret Beatrice
Names related to Marylou
More Modern names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marylou: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marylou, updated 20 October 2026.