Marlowe
Marlowe is a distinctive choice, ranked #585 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Marlowe in their class.
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 uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Marlowe in their class.
In the US it sits at #624 — notably more popular in the UK than across the Atlantic.
⭐ Famous People Named Marlowe
- 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 correspondent.
- 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.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Marlowe
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Marlowe
Almost certainly the only Marlowe in the class
UK Popularity (2013–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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