Marlowe

What Marlowe means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Marlowe yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,139 in 2015, #523 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Marlowe?

US: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1139 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 575 girls got the name (#523 that year). First in the US records in 1918.

How common

• About 1 in 2,795 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,780 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (1.32 per 1,000 girls), CO (0.99 per 1,000 girls), MN (0.88 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Marlowe is #523 in the US and #585 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 94.1% of US babies named Marlowe were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Marlowe

Girls

• Lena#279“the Large River”^*
• Vera#205“faith”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Hazel#21From the word “hazel”^*
• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Mila#43Editor’s note Up from #53 in 2015 to #43 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 340 US girls in the 2025 records

For a brother

• Miles#44Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #107 in 2015, #44 in 2025
• Oliver#3Editor’s note Up from #19 in 2015 to #3 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 110 US boys in the 2025 records
• Everett#77Same root as Everard, meaning “wild boar + hard, brave”^*
• Thiago#50Portuguese, meaning “natal, relating to birth”^*
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Lennox#289Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Lennox in 2025 were boys

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Marlowe’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.