girl's name

Marylouise

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 10
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,964

Marylouise is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1923, when 61 babies were given the name.
  • After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
  • Today about 1 in 552,792 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1907.

Marylouise over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Marylouise by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1900s 13
1910s 219
1920s 393
1930s 234
1940s 403
1950s 243
1960s 192
1970s 44
1980s 42
1990s 36
2000s 42
2010s 37
2020s (to 2025) 28

How popular is Marylouise?

In 2025, Marylouise was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Marylouise is used

France as Mary-Louise #1,011 5 in 1958
England & Wales as Mary-Louise #6,328 3 in 2025
United States #13,727 6 in 2025

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Marylouise is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Mary-Louise Mary-Louise is Marylouise written with a hyphen, used in France, where it ranks #1,011. 38

Names that peaked alongside Marylouise

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

Parents who like Marylouise also like

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

Sibling names for Marylouise

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

Common questions about Marylouise

How popular is the name Marylouise?

In 2025, Marylouise was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Marylouise a girl's or a boy's name?

Marylouise is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Marylouise most popular?

Marylouise peaked in 1923, when 61 babies were given the name. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.

Is Marylouise a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Marylouise currently ranks #6,328 in the United States. After peaking in the 1920s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.