Marin
Found in French, Romanian, and Croatian, from the Latin Marinus, meaning of the sea. It began as a Roman cognomen and was carried by early saints.
Marin in 2025
Marin was given to 113 babies in the United States in 2025 — 20 boys and 93 girls, making it the 3,267th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 29,339 babies born.
The history of Marin
Marin reached its highest point in 2007, when 342 babies were given the name, ranking 1,515th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 1,448th, in 2004.
Across the 113 years of records since 1913, 7,106 babies have been named Marin. Half of them were born before 2007, which places the name's centre of gravity with Generation Z.
Marin by decade
| Decade | Babies named Marin | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 17 | 5,200 |
| 1920s | 47 | 5,741 |
| 1930s | 22 | 5,453 |
| 1940s | 51 | 4,405 |
| 1950s | 76 | 4,416 |
| 1960s | 142 | 4,332 |
| 1970s | 330 | 2,502 |
| 1980s | 563 | 2,656 |
| 1990s | 820 | 2,444 |
| 2000s | 2,386 | 1,448 |
| 2010s | 1,895 | 2,032 |
| 2020s | 757 | 2,706 |
Where Marin is heading
Marin has fallen 34% over the past decade, from 172 babies in 2015 to 113 in 2025.
Names like Marin
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Marin.