Marlin

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #1,778 for boys in 2025, 90 births
Given to boys 92.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
#276
1935 · 386 births
Debut · boys
1884
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
21,172
since 1884

Marlin over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201996peak #1,954, 1941peak #276, 1935girlsboys
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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#7,49114#1,77890
2024#9,55610#1,90283
2023#6,40918#1,86885
2022#8,54212#1,96578
2021#8,97811#2,02673
2020#10,2509#2,06968
2019#8,13813#1,97474
2018#10,5459#1,77786
2017#7,09216#1,86179
2016#7,23016#2,02870
2015#6,97717#1,81582
2014#9,51711#1,82881
2013#5,48624#1,94271
2012#4,48632#1,74286
2011#4,56831#1,78081
2010#5,24726#1,98669
2009#5,89123#2,05067
2008#3,85941#1,86178
2007#4,38034#1,63894
2006#3,79540#1,54396
2005#4,37331#1,460100
2004#3,74838#1,55585
2003#4,41829#1,42093
2002#3,59537#1,54380
2001#3,63136#1,33797
2000#4,40027#1,40888
1999#4,71823#1,28395
1998#3,64832#1,23798
1997#4,00727#1,089116
1996#4,45323#1,162101
1995#4,67721#1,043114
1994#3,70429#1,053112
1993#4,25724#1,000119
1992#3,96826#1,055108
1991#2,79042#1,008114
1990#3,81327#963117
1989#3,56628#947116
1988#4,30820#850125
1987#4,12220#943100
1986#4,34718#99586
1985#6,03111#882106
1984#5,53912#843108
1983#4,28617#783124
1982#4,71615#807120
1981#4,34417#796121
1980#7,4188#804119
1979#6,6969#768127
1978#5,21412#707141
1977#7,5677#679155
1976#5,60110#637166
1975#7,1737#659156
1974#4,72012#529226
1973#5,19110#565198
1972#4,52312#508238
1971#4,31113#517249
1970#4,76111#601182
1969#4,19812#615161
1968#2,63023#568180
1967#5,4577#571173
1966#3,55813#509221
1965#3,26415#518219
1964#4,6369#520226
1963#3,45814#546212
1962#2,81419#534223
1961#4,23910#507246
1960#3,35714#522231
1959#4,3009#508240
1958#3,37913#461289
1957#3,03315#464277
1956#3,69611#444288
1955#3,77810#428293
1954#3,15713#391337
1953#5,6735#404295
1952#4,1238#393306
1951#2,69415#417268
1950#3,9628#400289
1949#3,17611#400283
1948#2,70114#393297
1947#2,53016#385316
1946#3,03411#363325
1945#3,6767#355280
1944#2,76211#407219
1943#2,69512#337331
1942#2,11717#348302
1941#1,95418#312345
1940#2,29713#318315
1939#2,73610#287369
1938#2,44712#295343
1937#1,99916#290346
1936#2,52111#294337
1935#2,20614#276386
1934#4,2865#301324
1933#2,68810#287340
1932#2,49012#293350
1931#2,9729#311302
1930—#314312
1929—#344265
1928#2,76811#337280
1927#3,8757#369251
1926#3,5648#379237
1925—#384241
1924#5,0615#394237
1923—#434196
1922—#408219
1921—#419210
1920—#465172
1919#4,8145#435183
1918—#440182
1917—#441164
1916—#447155
1915#3,7956#490128
1914—#49797
1913—#48779
1912—#46174
1911—#49735
1910—#82214
1909—#71415
1908—#58519
1907—#9309
1906—#70912
1905—#8369
1904—#56616
1903—#9107
1902—#55615
1901—#63711
1900—#78511
1899—#9286
1898—#8048
1897—#8527
1896——
1895——
1894——
1893—#7059
1892——
1891—#8416
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1884—#8486
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Marlin! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Marlin
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 124 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #1,778)
  • 291 spots since 2020 (#2,069 → #1,778)
  • 37 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #1,778)
  • Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1908 (#930 → #585)
  • Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1903 (#556 → #910)
Rise & fade · boys
51 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1935 at #276 (386 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 32 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 98 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1897–1990
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,698
  • Highest: 1 in 2,698 boys born in 1935 were named Marlin (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1930s
  • 16.1% of all boys named Marlin (3,409) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#848 (1884)#848
1890s36#705 (1893)#826
1900s124#556 (1902)#723
1910s1,111#435 (1919)#502
1920s2,308#337 (1928)#393
1930s3,409#276 (1935)#295
1940s3,013#312 (1941)#362
1950s2,882#391 (1954)#431
1960s2,092#507 (1961)#541
1970s1,838#508 (1972)#617
1980s1,125#783 (1983)#865
1990s1,094#963 (1990)#1,089
2000s878#1,337 (2001)#1,582
2010s779#1,742 (2012)#1,873
2020s477#1,778 (2025)#1,935

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

Marlin in 1996

girls
#4,453
23 births · 1 in 76,218 girls
boys
#1,162
101 births · 1 in 18,755 boys

Top girls' names in 1996

  1. #1Emily25,150
  2. #2Jessica24,201
  3. #3Ashley23,678
  4. #4Sarah21,048
  5. #5Samantha20,552
  6. #6Taylor19,155
  7. #7Hannah18,596
  8. #8Alexis16,592
  9. #9Rachel16,121
  10. #10Elizabeth16,003
  11. #4,453Marlin23

Top boys' names in 1996

  1. #1Michael38,373
  2. #2Matthew32,077
  3. #3Jacob31,925
  4. #4Christopher30,904
  5. #5Joshua29,175
  6. #6Nicholas27,724
  7. #7Tyler26,956
  8. #8Brandon25,847
  9. #9Austin25,663
  10. #10Andrew25,244
  11. #1,162Marlin101
More about 1996

girls

1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 76,218 of them was named Marlin, which outranked 72.0% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlin
  1. #4,306Vy24
  2. #4,306Yehudis24
  3. #4,306Yulissa24
  4. #4,453Marlin23
  5. #4,453Abriel23
  6. #4,453Adelaida23
  7. #4,453Adelle23
  8. #4,583Abeer22
  9. #4,583Abilene22
  10. #4,583Ajee22

Tied with 129 names at #4,453; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,167Odalys#2,845 → #678
  2. ↑ 1,531Tamia#2,028 → #497
  3. ↑ 1,524Jaycie#2,486 → #962
  4. ↑ 1,486Odalis#2,394 → #908
  5. ↑ 1,430Zaria#2,155 → #725
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,558Unknown#865 → #2,423
  2. ↓ 723Iridian#886 → #1,609
  3. ↓ 435Selene#964 → #1,399
  4. ↓ 394Salina#838 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 339Chelsi#697 → #1,036

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

boys

1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 18,755 of them was named Marlin, which outranked 89.0% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Marlin
  1. #1,155Luther102
  2. #1,155Mikal102
  3. #1,155Ronny102
  4. #1,162Marlin101
  5. #1,162Jan101
  6. #1,162Jerrell101
  7. #1,162Marcellus101
  8. #1,167Blade100
  9. #1,167Bradlee100
  10. #1,167Kamron100

Tied with 4 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1995
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,398Keyshawn#2,178 → #780
  2. ↑ 1,171Jair#2,055 → #884
  3. ↑ 1,065Kordell#2,055 → #990
  4. ↑ 856Shemar#1,758 → #902
  5. ↑ 686Nasir#1,648 → #962
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Unknown#665 → #1,740
  2. ↓ 649Rashaan#937 → #1,586
  3. ↓ 633Savon#966 → #1,599
  4. ↓ 514Latrell#966 → #1,480
  5. ↓ 351Rakeem#970 → #1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1996 →