Marlow

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Marlow: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Marlow: Recorded since 1999, its highest recorded position is #625, and it stood at #737 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
33times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#625highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2014–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2014	#4003
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#3583
2018	#5666
2019	#2286
2020	#3447
2021	#2499
2022	#2058
2023	#1640
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 22 of the 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #625 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Marlow appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 1999, and has registered 431 births with the name.

Marlow across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Marlow's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2943 (1999)	#625 (2023)	#737 (2024)	22 of 26	431 (1999–2024)	57 (2023)
England and Wales · Girls	#4003 (2014)	#1640 (2023)	#2411 (2024)	11 of 11	96 (2014–2024)	18 (2023)

Marlow by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Marlow in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	36	6 of 10	6
2010s	175	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	217	5 of 10	43

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 43 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2020 and 2021, when recorded births rose by 25, from 27 to 52.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Marlow appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #625 in England and Wales in 2023.

Marlow's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#737	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#625	57	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2058	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#682	52	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3447	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1019	27	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1324	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1210	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1121	24	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1600	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #625, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 57 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Marlo · #657, 20y
Marlon · #188, 30y
Marlowe · #541, 23y
Marney · #2759, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aroush · #624, 20y
Isabella-Rose · #630, 19y
Layth · #630, 24y
Mabli · #620, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Frederic · #625, 29y
Keavy · #625, 21y
Nan · #625, 12y
Millie-Rose · #624, 24y

Marlow was ranked #625 in England and Wales · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Marlow and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Marlow without appearing here.

Marlow moved ahead of

Arne Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3589 and #3095 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1121 and #4747.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Kristin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #5666 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3447 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #5581.

Moved ahead of Marlow

Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #1939.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2411 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #3541 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3447 and #2843.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4003 and #5691 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #3252 and #2705.

Moved the opposite way to Marlow

Aaron Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 while Adam went from #21 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 while Alan went from #232 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 while Alex went from #45 to #171.

Moved the same way as Marlow

Albie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 and Albie from #750 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 and Alfie from #64 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 and Alfred from #150 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Marlow went from #2943 to #737 and Archie from #108 to #10.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #625 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Marlow

Marlow at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Marlow across 2 official records

Marlow by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Marlow appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Marlow at a glance

Marlow across 2 official records

Marlow by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Marlow appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Marlow

Marlow and the names beside it

Marlow moved ahead of

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