Feminine dossier · first seen 1898

Marylou

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

Endangered Down 92.8% from peak

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

376

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Silent Generation

1898Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

92.8%

2024

All-time

13,084

Marylou once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 376 girls were named Marylou.

In 2024, only 27 girls were given the name.

Down 92.8% from its peak.

All told, about 13,084 Americans have been named Marylou and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1898.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.8% from peak

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