Marlina
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mar-LEE-nuh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Marlina is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Marlina mean?
Modern: variant of Marlena or Marlene, a blend of Maria and Magdalene
A variant of Marlene, the German blend of Maria and Magdalene, best known from the actress Marlene Dietrich.
Is Marlina a girl's or a boy's name?
Marlina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Marlina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Marlina, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1947.
Half of all the girls named Marlina in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Marlina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 27 | #4,812 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,422 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 29 | #3,016 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 39 | #2,387 |
| 1978 | 41 | #2,237 |
| 1977 | 38 | #2,341 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,010 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
Names like Marlina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melissa, Miranda, Samantha, Melina, Kayla, Amanda, Serena, Jessica, Vanessa, Bianca, Alana, Marina
Names related to Marlina
Marilyn, Marlene, Marlin, Merlin, Marlena, Marlen, Marilynn, Marleny
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Marlina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/marlina, updated 20 October 2026.