Mairin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MAW-reen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Mairin is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Mairin mean?
Hebrew: Irish pet form of Máire (Mary)
Máirín is an Irish pet form of Máire, the Irish form of Mary, whose Hebrew meaning is uncertain.
Is Mairin a girl's or a boy's name?
Mairin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mairin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Mairin, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 43 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Mairin in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mairin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 43 | #3,720 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,544 |
| 2005 | 27 | #4,824 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 32 | #4,105 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Mairin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eden Teagan Madilyn Aylin Salem Brooklyn Hadassah Selah Raya Sarai Aaliyah Brielle
Names related to Mairin
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Mairin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mairin, updated 20 October 2026.