Mary-Lou

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Mary-Lou: Recorded since 1997, it reached #3,594 in 2003, and it stood at #5,891 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
12times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#3594highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
2001	#3998
2003	#3594
2006	#5061
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2023	#3598
2024	#5891

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 12 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #3594 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Lou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Mary-Lou in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	10	3 of 10	3
2010s	18	4 of 10	5
2020s	17	4 of 10	4

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

Mary-Lou 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3594 in England and Wales in 2003.

Mary-Lou'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	#5891	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,594, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 6 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
2 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,891position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
6births registered in its largest year, 2012Under 25 births →

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.

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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.

Alize · #3594, 13y
Hayfa · #3594, 13y
Humnah · #3594, 10y
Sakshi · #3594, 14y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alize · #3594, 13y
Hayfa · #3594, 13y
Humnah · #3594, 10y
Sakshi · #3594, 14y

Mary-Lou 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 Mary-Lou without appearing here.

Mary-Lou moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5785 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Therese Compare
In 2011 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #4838.
Kristin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #4763.
Tracey Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3609 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #4535.

Moved ahead of Mary-Lou

Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Noah Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.
Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3681 and #5876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #2233.

Moved the opposite way to Mary-Lou

Ada Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 while Ada went from #1543 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 while Alma went from #2411 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 while Alyssa went from #506 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 while Amalie went from #3824 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Mary-Lou

Abigail Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 and Abigail from #24 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 and Aimee from #61 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 and Aisling from #496 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Mary-Lou went from #3824 to #5891 and Alex from #179 to #2253.

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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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3594 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Mary-Lou

Mary-Lou at a glance

What the data shows

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Mary-Lou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Mary-Lou at a glance

Mary-Lou by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Mary-Lou appears in

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Mary-Lou and the names beside it

Mary-Lou moved ahead of

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