Female name
Marilou
3,231 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1948. Expression number: 8.
Origin
Contraction of Marie and Lou, itself a diminutive of Louise.Translated by Arcanes from the French Wiktionnaire, entry “Marilou”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1948: 90 births. 3,231 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1920s to the 1960s. It really came into use around 1919. It is still given: 24 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 6,070 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 4,147 | 1980–2025 | 42nd in 2004 |
| Belgium | 240 | 2014–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 230* | 1915–2025 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
4 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 35 → 8
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 + 9 + 6 + 3 = 19 → 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
7
reflection, inner life, seeking
4 + 9 + 3 = 16 → 7
- Digits missing from the name
- 2, 5, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 3 · expression, creativity, sociability
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.