Marina
Marina was given to 488 girls in 2025, #602 among girls’ names; 39,565 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 36,300 Americans named Marina and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 30 years old and half are between 20 and 43.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Marina by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Marina mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Marina is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “of the sea” (marīnus).
Also “a transliteration of the Russian female given name Марина (Marina).”
Name of an early virgin martyr venerated in the Orthodox Church, Latin Marīna, probably a feminine form of Marīnus, from marīnus (“of the sea”), or a variant of Marīa.
/məˈɹiːnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Marina?
#602 among girls’ names, 2025
Marina rose from #658 in 2015 to #602 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.24 to 0.30 per 1,000.
1,307 babies in 1994, the peak
Marina peaked in 1994, when 1,307 girls were given it, #218 among girls’ names. The 488 births of 2025 are 37% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 488 | #602 | 0.30 |
| 2024 | 463 | #640 | 0.29 |
| 2023 | 520 | #573 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 458 | #645 | 0.28 |
| 2021 | 399 | #717 | 0.24 |
| 2020 | 399 | #704 | 0.25 |
| 2019 | 421 | #690 | 0.25 |
| 2018 | 429 | #683 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | 402 | #716 | 0.23 |
| 2016 | 432 | #681 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (134)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 437 | #658 | 0.24 |
| 2014 | 436 | #655 | 0.24 |
| 2013 | 470 | #601 | 0.27 |
| 2012 | 440 | #645 | 0.25 |
| 2011 | 472 | #612 | 0.27 |
| 2010 | 463 | #635 | 0.26 |
| 2009 | 496 | #608 | 0.27 |
| 2008 | 577 | #533 | 0.31 |
| 2007 | 698 | #462 | 0.36 |
| 2006 | 781 | #408 | 0.41 |
| 2005 | 759 | #411 | 0.41 |
| 2004 | 887 | #357 | 0.48 |
| 2003 | 752 | #402 | 0.41 |
| 2002 | 768 | #385 | 0.43 |
| 2001 | 913 | #335 | 0.51 |
| 2000 | 884 | #350 | 0.49 |
| 1999 | 935 | #327 | 0.53 |
| 1998 | 939 | #323 | 0.53 |
| 1997 | 980 | #293 | 0.56 |
| 1996 | 1,074 | #267 | 0.61 |
| 1995 | 1,104 | #254 | 0.63 |
| 1994 | 1,307 | #218 | 0.73 |
| 1993 | 1,190 | #237 | 0.66 |
| 1992 | 1,007 | #277 | 0.55 |
| 1991 | 787 | #335 | 0.42 |
| 1990 | 851 | #324 | 0.45 |
| 1989 | 601 | #411 | 0.33 |
| 1988 | 449 | #500 | 0.25 |
| 1987 | 445 | #486 | 0.26 |
| 1986 | 384 | #532 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 394 | #512 | 0.23 |
| 1984 | 417 | #485 | 0.25 |
| 1983 | 383 | #507 | 0.23 |
| 1982 | 406 | #499 | 0.24 |
| 1981 | 353 | #533 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 333 | #560 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 322 | #569 | 0.20 |
| 1978 | 289 | #591 | 0.19 |
| 1977 | 324 | #546 | 0.21 |
| 1976 | 285 | #575 | 0.19 |
| 1975 | 318 | #544 | 0.22 |
| 1974 | 255 | #610 | 0.17 |
| 1973 | 244 | #625 | 0.17 |
| 1972 | 240 | #639 | 0.16 |
| 1971 | 262 | #633 | 0.16 |
| 1970 | 295 | #596 | 0.17 |
| 1969 | 283 | #589 | 0.17 |
| 1968 | 320 | #536 | 0.20 |
| 1967 | 322 | #528 | 0.20 |
| 1966 | 344 | #511 | 0.20 |
| 1965 | 374 | #492 | 0.21 |
| 1964 | 361 | #514 | 0.19 |
| 1963 | 302 | #566 | 0.16 |
| 1962 | 290 | #580 | 0.15 |
| 1961 | 263 | #630 | 0.13 |
| 1960 | 340 | #525 | 0.17 |
| 1959 | 247 | #633 | 0.12 |
| 1958 | 214 | #677 | 0.11 |
| 1957 | 233 | #645 | 0.11 |
| 1956 | 207 | #667 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 211 | #639 | 0.11 |
| 1954 | 248 | #566 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 155 | #731 | 0.08 |
| 1952 | 141 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1951 | 123 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1950 | 127 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1949 | 128 | #763 | 0.07 |
| 1948 | 136 | #725 | 0.08 |
| 1947 | 105 | #857 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 117 | #758 | 0.07 |
| 1945 | 101 | #746 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 93 | #796 | 0.07 |
| 1943 | 91 | #812 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 73 | #919 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 64 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1940 | 80 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1939 | 60 | #913 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 84 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1937 | 61 | #890 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 61 | #873 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 90 | #710 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 65 | #851 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 48 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,187 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 34 | #1,252 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 39 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 53 | #998 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 63 | #946 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 58 | #1,007 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 67 | #919 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,029 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 66 | #939 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 57 | #1,001 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 49 | #1,098 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 57 | #997 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 58 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 61 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 36 | #1,271 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 48 | #1,023 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 45 | #1,036 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 41 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,584 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,387 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,024 | 0.05 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,718 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,248 | 0.04 |
| 1909 | 6 | #2,139 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,404 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,840 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 5 | #2,065 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,398 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,849 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,202 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,524 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,626 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,708 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1894 | 8 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,064 | 0.04 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Marina a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Marina has been given almost only to girls: 51 boys in 134 years of records.
Girls and boys named Marina: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Marina, and how old are they?
36,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 39,565 Americans ever recorded as Marina. The median Marina alive today is 30 years old; half are between 20 and 43.
The 2020 Census counted 72,807 people named Marina (72,663 women and girls, 144 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 34,355 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2.1 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 401 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,160 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 4,460 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 10,900 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 11,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,720 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Marina born?
The states with the most babies named Marina are California, Texas and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 86 | #385 | 2.1× |
| Texas | 52 | #611 | 1.4× |
| Florida | 46 | #411 | 0.9× |
| New York | 25 | #670 | 1.1× |
| Washington | 21 | #351 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 19 | #425 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 16 | #614 | 0.9× |
| Arizona | 16 | #439 | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 15 | #677 | 0.7× |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #387 | 1.0× |
Where Marina is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Marina is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Marina with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 121,321 babies since 1880, Marina is the second most given (33% of them). In 2025 it was given to 488 of their 2,042 babies (24%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Marina
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Marina and names like it
- Compare Marina and MarianaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sMarina peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Marina since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Marina: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Marina.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Marina alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with MMost given first.