Marlow

Meaning: Land left by a drained lake
Origin: English surname — From the town of Marlow in Buckinghamshire

Boy's name · #2323 in the US (2025) · Trending

26% boys · 74% girls — About 74% of babies named Marlow in recent years have been girls. Marlow →

Popularity over time

Marlow is climbing: on the charts since 1910, it is ranked #2323 in 2025, with about 60 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#364 in New Zealand (2025) · #637 in England & Wales (2025) · #762 in Scotland (2025) · #1,629 in France (2025) · #1,804 in Canada (2025) · #2,193 in Sweden (2023) · #2,804 in Austria (2023) · #7,732 in Ecuador (2016).

Famous Marlows

Marlow Cook — American politician (1926–2016)
Marlow H. Colvin — American politician (born 1964)
Marlow Bevan — Poet (born 1984)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 13,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Ellen Marlow — American actress (born 1994)
Ric Marlow — American actor (1925–2017)
William Marlow — English painter (1740–1813)

Similar names: Amelio · Marlin · Harlow · Edrick · Woodrow · Bowden

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