Marin
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- MA-rin
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Marin is a name of Latin origin, meaning “of the sea”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Marin mean?
Latin: from Marinus
“of the sea”
From Latin Marinus; a boys' name in Croatia, Romania and France, and used for girls elsewhere.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Marin a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Marin has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 93 girls and 20 boys in the US.
How popular is Marin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Marin, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 10 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Marin than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Marin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 25% of the babies named Marin in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Marin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Marin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Marin, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,781st. Its busiest year was 2007, with 324 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943. 20 boys were also named Marin in 2025 (4,856th for boys).
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Marin than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Marin in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 764 girls in the US were given Marin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #430, up from #2,036 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 82% of the babies named Marin in the US were girls.
Marin in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,895 |
| 2023 | 106 | #1,878 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 |
| 2021 | 128 | #1,630 |
| 2020 | 111 | #1,781 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,429 |
| 2018 | 163 | #1,378 |
| 2017 | 160 | #1,422 |
| 2016 | 165 | #1,406 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 163 | #1,403 |
| 2013 | 194 | #1,237 |
| 2012 | 206 | #1,196 |
| 2011 | 195 | #1,229 |
| 2010 | 204 | #1,190 |
| 2009 | 258 | #1,017 |
| 2008 | 286 | #948 |
| 2007 | 324 | #865 |
| 2006 | 276 | #946 |
| 2005 | 255 | #965 |
| 2004 | 295 | #835 |
| 2003 | 145 | #1,382 |
| 2002 | 110 | #1,670 |
| 2001 | 132 | #1,426 |
| 2000 | 131 | #1,410 |
| 1999 | 111 | #1,530 |
| 1998 | 105 | #1,565 |
| 1997 | 108 | #1,502 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 51 | #2,446 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 44 | #2,697 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 55 | #2,088 |
| 1987 | 36 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 33 | #2,844 |
| 1985 | 38 | #2,544 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 41 | #2,369 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 56 | #1,904 |
| 1979 | 58 | #1,832 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 46 | #2,063 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 15 | #3,941 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
Names like Marin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Austin, Roman, Mason, Vinnie, Maximilian, Noah, Hudson, Grayson, Caleb, Hunter, Felix, Hugo
Other spellings of Marin
Names related to Marin
Marnie, Marina, Marni, Mariana, Marwan, Marian, Marion, Mariano, Maryn
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Marin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marin, updated 20 October 2026.