Marylou
Mary Lou, Mary-Lou, Marylou or Marilou is a feminine given name. It is a combination of the names Mary and Lou.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Marylou
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mary Lou, Mary-Lou, Marylou or Marilou is a feminine given name. It is a combination of the names Mary and Lou.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Marylou
Marylou first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1898, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1942: 376 births, good for #361 nationwide. About 24% of every Marylou on record arrived during the 1940s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Marylou ranks #4,793 for baby girls with 28 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). All told, over 13K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Marylou
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About the name Marylou
Marylou is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1898 and has accumulated 13K births in the dataset. Marylou's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #350. Use the chart and map above to compare Marylou's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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