Marina — #639 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Marina

The Social Security Administration has registered 39,021 babies named Marina between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Marina currently holds the #639 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 1,307 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Marina performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10,173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Marina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10,027 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Marina in 47 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Marina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 39,021 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.