Boys' name · since 1910
Marino
2,231 babies named Marino in U.S. Social Security records since 1910, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,228 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,231
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marino currently ranks #5228 among boys' names in America, with 2,231 babies recorded since 1910.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marino has been recorded 2,231 times among boys since 1910, currently ranked #5228 nationally and more common than 62% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1910 to 2025.
- #3,078 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,228 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,231 born since 1910
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marino ranks #3,078 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,228 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,231 born since 1910, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,078 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,228 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,231
- born since 1910
- 1990s
- peak decade
Marino's 2,231 recorded births place it above 93.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Marino compares
2,231 Top 21% higher than 79% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Marino's all-time total is 6x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marino | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,231 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 40 | 34 | 22,252 |
Marino's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Marino splits its recorded history at 1969: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1935 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 40 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Marino popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1910–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 40
- Annual births at peak, across 116 years of records
Marino by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (336 births, 15% of the file).
1990s was Marino's strongest decade.
336 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 15% of all-time use.
Marino births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
165 births
- 1920s
1920s
214 births
- 1930s
1930s
158 births
- 1940s 91
1940s
91 births
- 1950s 116
1950s
116 births
- 1960s
1960s
154 births
- 1970s
1970s
170 births
- 1980s
1980s
257 births
- 1990s
1990s
336 births
- 2000s
2000s
269 births
- 2010s
2010s
181 births
- 2020s 120
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 336 births (15% of all-time use).
How Marino compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Marino's total volume
Marino by state
Where Marino concentrates geographically, total births since 1910
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 235 | 10.5% |
| #2 | California | | 119 | 5.3% |
| #3 | Pennsylvania | | 45 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 25 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 12 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.2% |
235 of 2,231 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Marino appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Marino's data
- Marino's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (336 total births) through the 2020s (120) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Marinos (235 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Marino: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~115 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1910–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Marino draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.