Meaning and history
From a surname derived from a place name meaning “remnants of a lake” in Old English, the name is also associated with the English playwright Christopher Marlowe (1564–1593), a famous bearer of the surname.
20062006: 19 births, rank #6,592
2007: 28 births, rank #5,097
2008: 41 births, rank #3,859
2009: 86 births, rank #2,270
2010: 64 births, rank #2,752
20112011: 84 births, rank #2,238
2012: 102 births, rank #1,929
2013: 185 births, rank #1,277
2014: 206 births, rank #1,186
2015: 222 births, rank #1,139
20162016: 256 births, rank #1,034
2017: 264 births, rank #985
2018: 246 births, rank #1,044
2019: 243 births, rank #1,054
2020: 279 births, rank #924
20212021: 302 births, rank #896
2022: 365 births, rank #779
2023: 328 births, rank #835
2024: 478 births, rank #624
20252025: 575 births, rank #523
Marlowe rose from #625 to #523 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 575.