Marlowe is a distinctive choice, ranked #594 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Marlowe in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#594
US Rank #624
About the Name Marlowe
Marlowe is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 227 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #555 in 2021 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a regular feature in UK records since 1999.
Marlowe is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it sits at #624 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Marlowe
Unlikely. With around 66 UK babies named Marlowe per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Marlowe in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Marlowe is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 227 places over the last five years to #594 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Marlowe is more popular in the UK (#594) than in the US (#624). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Marlowe include: Lara Marlowe — Lara Marlowe is a US-born journalist and author, who was the US correspondent for The Irish Times before returning to Paris in 2013 as the paper's Paris...; Marlowe portrait — The putative Marlowe portrait is an unsigned portrait on wooden panel, dated 1585, which was discovered in 1952 or 1953 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.; Christopher Marlowe — Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English playwright, poet, and translator of the Elizabethan era..
Marlowe ranks #624 in the US top 1,000 (2024). It's recognised in America but considerably more popular in the UK.
66
UK babies named Marlowe (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 227 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Marlowe
Likely around 1 other Marlowe in the class
UK Popularity (1999–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2024)
Rank · SSA official data
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Lara Marlowe is a US-born journalist and author, who was the US correspondent for The Irish Times before returning to Paris in 2013 as the paper's Paris correspondent. Marlowe also spent 15 years as a journalist for Time.
The putative Marlowe portrait is an unsigned portrait on wooden panel, dated 1585, which was discovered in 1952 or 1953 at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It has been proposed that the portrait depicts the English playwright Christopher Marlowe, though several scholars have suggested that this is unlikely.
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