# Marilou (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marilou/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,231 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,231 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 12,337 |
| 2007 | 6 | 16,828 |
| 2008 | 8 | 13,366 |
| 2011 | 5 | 18,554 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,185 |
| 2013 | 8 | 12,741 |
| 2016 | 5 | 17,906 |
| 2017 | 5 | 17,516 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,121 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,125 |
| 2020 | 8 | 11,756 |
| 2021 | 5 | 16,827 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,852 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,544 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,773 |

## People named Marilou

- Marilou Berry, French actress
- Marilou, Canadian recording artist; pop singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.