Marina

#601 for girls in 2025, 488 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #7,638
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1994 · 1,307 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
39,514
since 1886

Marina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Marina has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #218, 1994girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#601488
2024#639463
2023#571520
2022#642458
2021#717399
2020#704399
2019#689421
2018#681429
2017#714402
2016#681432
2015#657437
2014#655436
2013#600470
2012#644440
2011#612472
2010#633463
2009#608496
2008#533577
2007#462698
2006#408781
2005#410759
2004#357887
2003#402752
2002#385768
2001#335913
2000#350884
1999#327935
1998#323939
1997#293980
1996#2671,074
1995#2541,104
1994#2181,307
1993#2371,190#7,6386
1992#2771,007#5,6609
1991#335787
1990#324851#8,1175
1989#411601#6,9416
1988#500449
1987#486445
1986#531384#5,3327
1985#512394#5,1477
1984#484417#6,3155
1983#506383#5,4846
1982#499406
1981#533353
1980#558333
1979#569322
1978#589289
1977#546324
1976#574285
1975#543318
1974#609255
1973#625244
1972#639240
1971#632262
1970#595295
1969#589283
1968#534320
1967#528322
1966#511344
1965#491374
1964#513361
1963#565302
1962#579290
1961#629263
1960#525340
1959#633247
1958#676214
1957#645233
1956#668207
1955#639211
1954#565248
1953#730155
1952#747141
1951#803123
1950#768127
1949#763128
1948#725136
1947#854105
1946#756117
1945#741101
1944#79393
1943#80791
1942#91773
1941#91864
1940#79080
1939#90360
1938#75684
1937#88261
1936#87061
1935#70990
1934#84865
1933#99948
1932#1,17637
1931#1,24334
1930#1,19739
1929#99453
1928#93663
1927#1,00058
1926#91167
1925#1,02054
1924#93466
1923#99257
1922#1,08949
1921#98757
1920#95958
1919#90261
1918#1,25536
1917#1,01348
1916#1,02645
1915#1,04041
1914#1,54118
1913#1,35818
1912#1,00326
1911#2,4635
1910#1,20714
1909#1,9576
1908#1,35710
1907#1,8216
1906#1,22910
1905#1,6966
1904#1,8775
1903#1,07611
1902#1,3208
1901#1,6795
1900#1,17111
1899#1,3946
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,1229
1895
1894#1,1368
1893
1892
1891#1,0068
1890
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886#9936
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five girls were named Marina! It came in at #993, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1890, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Marina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 38 spots since 2024 (#639#601)
  • 103 spots since 2020 (#704#601)
  • 56 spots since 2015 (#657#601)
  • Biggest jump: 353 spots in 1919 (#1,255#902)
  • Biggest drop: 203 spots in 1930 (#994#1,197)
Rise & fade · girls
108 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1994 at #218 (1,307 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 103 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 103 yrs · run 1933–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,366
  • Highest: 1 in 1,366 girls born in 1994 were named Marina (0.07%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,294 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 25.7% of all girls named Marina (10,174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#993 (1886)#1,136
1890s42#1,006 (1891)#1,286
1900s78#1,076 (1903)#1,518
1910s312#902 (1919)#1,281
1920s582#911 (1926)#982
1930s579#709 (1935)#958
1940s988#725 (1948)#806
1950s1,906#565 (1954)#687
1960s3,199#491 (1965)#546
1970s2,834#543 (1975)#592
1980s4,165#411 (1989)#502
1990s10,174#218 (1994)#286
2000s7,515#335 (2001)#425
2010s4,402#600 (2013)#657
2020s2,727#571 (2023)#646

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Marina in 1985

girls
#512
394 births · 1 in 4,368 girls
boys
#5,147
7 births · 1 in 264,030 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #512Marina394

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #5,147Marina7
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 4,368 of them was named Marina, which outranked 95.9% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marina
  1. #507Joann399
  2. #510Tracie398
  3. #511Margarita397
  4. #512Marina394
  5. #513Sade393
  6. #514Jacklyn392
  7. #514Lyndsay392
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 264,030 of them was named Marina, which outranked 32.2% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marina
  1. #4,698Zahir8
  2. #4,698Zalman8
  3. #4,698Zenas8
  4. #5,147Marina7
  5. #5,147Aaran7
  6. #5,147Aarn7
  7. #5,147Abby7
  8. #5,785Aadil6
  9. #5,785Aarion6
  10. #5,785Abdel6

Tied with 637 names at #5,147; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1985