Marin
Feminine · “of the sea”
Marin is given to both — 6,096 girls and 1,010 boys since 1880. See Marin as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Marin is of the sea in Latin — marinus — and the same root gives marine, mariner and rosemary, the dew of the sea.
How old is the name Marin?
Marin first appears in US birth records in 1943 — 82 years ago. The typical Marin alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 6,000 people named Marin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Marin most popular?
Marin peaked in 2004, reaching #835 nationally. Today it ranks #2036, 1,201 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
From mare to Marin
The story of Marin
Marinus of Arbe, a fourth-century stonemason, is credited with founding San Marino, which claims to be the oldest surviving republic in the world. Marin County in California is separately named. The feminine given name appears in American records and is in current use.
Meaning
of the sea
From the Latin marinus, 'of the sea', from mare. The same root gives marine, maritime, submarine and the ros marinus behind rosemary. Marin is also a Croatian and French masculine name from the same word. The Latin is ordinary and undisputed.
How the name formed
- mare
- marinus
- Marin
Related forms: Marin · Marin · Marine
Pronouncing Marin
MAR-in
Two syllables, stress on the first. French Marin is mah-RAN with a nasal ending.
Nicknames for Marin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1943
- Most girls named
- 2004295 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #835reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- −11.4%93 in 2025, from 105
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Marin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Marin in French — same name
- Marin in Croatian — same name
- Marine in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Pennsylvania.
Marins among us
people named Marin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 17,282 born in 2025 was named Marin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Marin
- #2036
- Marin on the 2025 chart
- #782
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Marin went to 93 girls in 2025, but Maryn is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 178, which makes it the 782nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,254 places above the chart.
- Marin93
- Maryn85
About 1 girl in 9,030 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,282 for Marin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Santina test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Marin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Santina climbed just as high around 1919, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Santina's path sketches the road Marin is walking now.
Marin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Marin is headed
Marin should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Marin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Marin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That rosemary means dew of the sea from the same root is a first-rate etymology.
- The of-the-sea meaning is concrete and undisputed.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- In French and Croatian it is a masculine name.
- Marin, Maren and Marina are all close enough to confuse.
- A California county carries the name.
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Feminine · #2036 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Marins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,000 people named Marin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Marin?
- Marin is the most-used spelling in US records — 93 of the 178 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Maryn.
- How popular is the name Marin in 2025?
- Marin ranks #2036 among US girl names in 2025, with 93 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Marin?
- About 1 in every 17,282 US girls born in 2025 was named Marin — 93 in all.
- Will my child share the name Marin with classmates?
- Marin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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