# Marylou (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marylou/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 13,112 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 13,112 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 73, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Mary Lou.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 6,072 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,517 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,306 |
| 2014 | 24 | 5,569 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,406 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,113 |
| 2017 | 34 | 4,282 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,593 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,558 |
| 2020 | 22 | 5,598 |
| 2021 | 20 | 6,092 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,122 |
| 2023 | 25 | 5,207 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,984 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,835 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## People named Marylou

- Mary Lou Retton, American gymnast (born 1968)
- Oklou, French singer-songwriter

## 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.