Girls' name · since 1947
Marlina
1,173 babies named Marlina in U.S. Social Security records since 1947, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,077 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,173
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,173 babies have been named Marlina since 1947, making it today's #11077 girls' name.
Marlina has 1,173 recorded births among girls since 1947, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11077 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #6,724 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,077 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,173 born since 1947
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Marlina ranks #6,724 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,077 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,173 born since 1947, peaking in the 1980s.
- #6,724 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,077 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,173
- born since 1947
- 1980s
- peak decade
Marlina's 1,173 recorded births place it above 90.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Marlina compares
1,173 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Marlina's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Marlina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,173 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Marlina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Marlina's full recorded timeline at 1987, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1947, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Marlina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (1978)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Marlina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (239 births, 20% of the file).
1980s was Marlina's strongest decade.
239 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Marlina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s 57
1950s
57 births
- 1960s
1960s
112 births
- 1970s
1970s
208 births
- 1980s
1980s
239 births
- 1990s
1990s
232 births
- 2000s
2000s
164 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 239 births (20% of all-time use).
How Marlina compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Marlina's total volume
Marlina by state
Where Marlina concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 155 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 29 | 2.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
155 of 1,173 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Marlina's data
- Marlina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (239 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Marlinas (155 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Marlina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~78 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, 1947–2025 (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 Marlina 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.