# Marin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/marin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,106 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,010 / 6,096 (86% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Marin, from Latin Marinus, from marinus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 195 | 1,233 |
| 2012 | 206 | 1,198 |
| 2013 | 194 | 1,237 |
| 2014 | 163 | 1,407 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,483 |
| 2016 | 165 | 1,409 |
| 2017 | 160 | 1,428 |
| 2018 | 163 | 1,383 |
| 2019 | 156 | 1,432 |
| 2020 | 111 | 1,787 |
| 2021 | 128 | 1,635 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,865 |
| 2023 | 106 | 1,884 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,907 |
| 2025 | 93 | 2,043 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 18 | 5,118 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,373 |
| 2013 | 14 | 6,124 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,507 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,436 |
| 2016 | 10 | 7,945 |
| 2017 | 11 | 7,375 |
| 2018 | 14 | 6,213 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,457 |
| 2020 | 10 | 7,874 |
| 2021 | 20 | 4,876 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,151 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,830 |
| 2024 | 20 | 4,988 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,975 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2010 | 3 | 5,707 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,443 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## People named Marin

- Marin Mersenne, French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the
- Marin Čilić, Croatian tennis player (born 1988)
- Marin Marais, French composer and viol player (1656–1728)
- Marin Pongračić, Croatian association football player
- Marin Hinkle, American actress
- Marin Alsop, American conductor and violinist (born 1956)
- Marin Barleti, Catholic priest, Albanian humanist and historian
- Marin Drinov, Bulgarian historian (1838–1906)
- Marin Držić, Croatian writer
- Marin Ireland, American actress (born 1979)
- Marin Raykov, Bulgarian diplomat and politician
- Marin Leovac, Croatian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.