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Maryn

Feminine · “of the sea”

1967high 2007
#2173 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare85 girls in 2025

Maryn respells Marin or Maren, and the Latin marinus behind it means of the sea — the same root as marine and rosemary.

How old is the name Maryn?

Maryn first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Maryn alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 2,900 people named Maryn are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Maryn most popular?

Maryn peaked in 2007, reaching #1517 nationally. Today it ranks #2173, 656 places below that high. See the whole 2007 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Maryn

Marinus and Marina were Roman names from the word for the sea, and Danish and Norwegian produced Maren from Marina. Rosemary is ros marinus, dew of the sea, from the same root. Maryn appears in American records as a modern respelling in current use.

Meaningscholars disagree

of the sea

Likely from Marin or Maren, from the Latin marinus, 'of the sea', from mare. Maren may alternatively descend from Marina or from a Danish form of Mary, whose own meaning is unrecovered. The sea reading is the commonest. The -yn respelling is modern American.

How the name formed

  1. mare
  2. marinus
  3. Marin
  4. Maryn

Related forms: Marin · Maren · Marina

Pronouncing Maryn

MAR-in

Two syllables, stress on the first. Some bearers say MAIR-in instead.

Nicknames for Maryn

Moderate

MarThe front clipping, which is the Spanish word for sea
RynThe back of the name, used inside families rather than generally
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1967–20251527601528519672025

US babies named Maryn per year from 1967 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#15171960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1967
Most girls named
2007152 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#1517reached in 2007
Change vs 2024
+4.9%85 in 2025, from 81
Maryn sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2007, with 152 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

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.

Maryn in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Marin in English — spelling variant
  • Maren in Danish — related form
  • Marina in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio.

Maryns among us

2,900

people named Maryn are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 18,909 born in 2025 was named Maryn

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Maryn

#2173
Maryn on the 2025 chart
#782
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Maryn went to 85 girls in 2025, but Marin 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 — 1,391 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 9,030 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,909 for Maryn 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

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Is it right for you

The Chevon test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Maryn's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Chevon climbed just as high around 1979, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Chevon's path sketches the road Maryn is walking now.

40%chance Maryn will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Maryn, aligned on its peakChevon· peak 1979not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+30 yrsChevon · #15031Maryn today
Maryn today is about where Chevon stood in 1997 — 18 years past a #1517-sized peak. Within 15 years, Chevon had drifted out of the mainstream charts.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Maryn 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 Maryn is headed

19672030

US babies named Maryn per year, 1967 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Maryn should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.

Steady-11% by 2030projected around #2,482 in 2030

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.

Maryn beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Maryn in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Marynthis name85#2173Jocelynn85#2173Kynslee85#2173Rosaline85#2173Zadie85#2173

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • That rosemary means dew of the sea from the same root is a first-rate etymology.
  • The of-the-sea meaning is concrete where it holds.
  • Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
What to consider
  • Marin and Maren are the standard spellings.
  • The first vowel splits between two readings.
  • It will need spelling out every time.

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Frequently asked

How many Maryns are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,900 people named Maryn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Maryn?
Maryn is one of 2 recorded spellings. Marin is the more common one — 93 births in 2025 against 85 for Maryn.
How popular is the name Maryn in 2025?
Maryn ranks #2173 among US girl names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Maryn?
About 1 in every 18,909 US girls born in 2025 was named Maryn — 85 in all.
Will my child share the name Maryn with classmates?
Maryn will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Maryn

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Jocelynn#2173 · Kynslee#2173 · Rosaline#2173 · Zadie#2173 · Dawn#2173 · Hiba#2173 · Kayce#2173 · Karlie#2173

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