Feminine dossier · first seen 1919

Marilu

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Marilu
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1991

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1919Peak 19912024

Peak year

1991

Decline from peak

72.7%

2024

All-time

2,263

Marilu has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1991, when 55 girls were named Marilu.

In 2024, only 15 girls were given the name.

Down 72.7% from its peak.

All told, about 2,263 Americans have been named Marilu and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1919.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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