girl's name

Marie-Lou

  • Origin French
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 9
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 3,871

Marie-Lou is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 25 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Marie-Lou is a name of French origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2006, when 200 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 23,580 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1950.

Marie-Lou over time

Births per decade in France, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,485
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Marie-Lou by decade in France
Decade Births
1950s 20
1960s 25
1970s 35
1980s 115
1990s 650
2000s 1,485
2010s 775
2020s (to 2025) 210

How popular is Marie-Lou?

In 2025, Marie-Lou was given to 25 babies in France. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Marie-Lou is used

France #1,341 25 in 2025
Canada #2,540 7 in 2015

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Marie-Lou

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Marie-Lou also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Marie-Lou over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Marie-Lou in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Sibling names for Marie-Lou

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Marie-Lou — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Marie-Lou

Is Marie-Lou a girl's or a boy's name?

Marie-Lou is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marie-Lou most popular?

Marie-Lou peaked in 2006, when 200 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Marie-Lou a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marie-Lou currently ranks #1,341 in France. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.