Marylou
About Marylou
Truncated form of Marylouise.
As two separate words, Mary Lou has popped up a number of times, as the title, for example, of two early feature films. There's also a Nickelodeon actress named Mary Lou Kolbenschlag who goes by just Mary Lou.
The original meaning of Mary is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).
Pronounced MAIR-ee-loo.
As of October 2026, Marylou ranked #4835 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #350 in 1937.
Editor's take: The name Marylou is a girl's name meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved + famous battle".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,280 | 34 | 19.7 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,967 | 27 | 16.7 |
| 2025 | #4,835 | 28 | 17.4 |
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Marylou on lists
Famous Marylous
- Mary Lou McDonald
Irish politician
- Mary Lou Retton
American gymnast
- Marie Louise "Marylou" (Schroeder) Whitney
American socialite
- Mary Lou Williams (born Mary Elfrieda Scruggs)
American jazz pianist
- Mary Lou Jepsen
American computer engineer
- Mary Lou Lord
American singer,songwriter
- Mary Lou Finlay
Canadian TV presenter
- Marylou Tibaldo
Bongiorno, American documentary filmmaker
- Marylou Dawes
Canadian pianist
- Mary Lou Kolbenschlag
American actress
- Mary
Lou Daniels, American tennis player
- Mary Lou Turner
American country music singer
- Mary Louise "Mary Lou" Farrell Palmer
Canadian singer; Miss Dominion 1964
- Mary Lou "Ludie" Forbes
American journalist and commentator
- Mary Lou Belli
American TV director
Marylou in pop culture
- Marylou
character in the On The Road by Jack Kerouac
- Mary Lou Summers aka Cheryl
character in films Howling V: The Rebirth and The Howling: New Moon Rising
- Mary Lou Collins
character on "The Larry Sanders Show"
- Marylou Ahearn
a character in "The Revenge of the Radioactive Lady" by Elizabeth Stuckey,French
- "Hello
Mary Lou," song by Ricky Nelson