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Marina

Gender
Girl
Say it
ma-REE-na
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#582 for girls
US rank, 2025
#601 for girls

Marina is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the sea”. In 2025 it ranked 582nd for girls in the UK (73 babies) and 601st for girls in the US (488 babies).

What does Marina mean?

Latin: feminine of Marinus

“of the sea”

Feminine of the Roman name Marinus, linked to Latin marinus, of the sea.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Marina a girl's or a boy's name?

Marina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 73 girls in the UK and 488 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Marina in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#582among girls
Babies in 2025
73about 1 in 3,800 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 73 girls in the UK were named Marina, making it the 582nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th.

2025 had the most girls named Marina of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Marina in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 580th in England and Wales and 539th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1934 (#35).

1996Busiest: 73 in 20252025
Marina in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202573#582
202450#810
202360#661
202267#621
202168#617
202055#730
201960#703
201858#744
201766#683
201661#733
201565#676
201457#747
201348#848
201252#808
201148#826
201054#738
200941#895
200843#843
200743#818
200655#650
200551#667
200444#706
200360#563
200244#672
200160#534
200058#543
199955#565
199859#533
199767#486
199658#512

How popular is Marina in the US?

Rank in 2025
#601among girls
Babies in 2025
488about 1 in 3,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 488 girls in the US were named Marina, making it the 601st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 704th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 1,307 girls. It first appears in the records in 1886.

Half of all the girls named Marina in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.

1886Busiest: 1,307 in 19942025
Marina in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025488#601
2024463#639
2023520#571
2022458#642
2021399#717
2020399#704
2019421#689
2018429#681
2017402#714
2016432#681
2015437#657
2014436#655
2013470#600
2012440#644
2011472#612
2010463#633
2009496#608
2008577#533
2007698#462
2006781#408
2005759#410
2004887#357
2003752#402
2002768#385
2001913#335
2000884#350
1999935#327
1998939#323
1997980#293
19961,074#267
19951,104#254
19941,307#218
19931,190#237
19921,007#277
1991787#335
1990851#324
1989601#411
1988449#500
1987445#486
1986384#531
1985394#512
1984417#484
1983383#506
1982406#499
1981353#533
1980333#558
1979322#569
1978289#589
1977324#546
1976285#574
1975318#543
1974255#609
1973244#625
1972240#639
1971262#632
1970295#595
1969283#589
1968320#534
1967322#528
1966344#511
1965374#491
1964361#513
1963302#565
1962290#579
1961263#629
1960340#525
1959247#633
1958214#676
1957233#644
1956207#667
1955211#638
1954248#564
1953155#729
1952141#746
1951123#802
1950127#767
1949128#762
1948136#724
1947105#853
1946117#756
1945101#741
194493#793
194391#807
194273#917
194164#918
194080#790
193960#903
193884#756
193761#882
193661#870
193590#709
193465#848
193348#999
193237#1,176
193134#1,243
193039#1,197
192953#994
192863#936
192758#1,000
192667#911
192554#1,020
192466#934
192357#992
192249#1,089
192157#987
192058#959
191961#902
191836#1,255
191748#1,013
191645#1,026
191541#1,040
191418#1,541
191318#1,358
191226#1,003
19115#2,463
191014#1,207
19096#1,957
190810#1,357
19076#1,820
190610#1,229
19056#1,695
19045#1,876
190311#1,076
19028#1,320
19015#1,678
190011#1,170
18996#1,393
18986#1,501
18975#1,554
18969#1,122
18950–
18948#1,136
18930–
18920–
18918#1,006
18900–
18895#1,278
18880–
18870–
18866#993

Names like Marina

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Francesca Aurora Diana Serena Liana Athena Lucia Mara Victoria Alba Elena Melissa

Names related to Marina

Marnie Marni Mariana Marianne Marianna Marian Marin Marion Maren Maryn

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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, “Marina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marina, updated 20 October 2026.