Marina
Marina is ranked 640th among girls in 2024 (461 births). Its best rank was 218th, in 1994.
- Rank in 2024
- #640down 68 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4610.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19941,307 births
- Best rank
- #218in 1994
- Since 1886
- 39,021people given the name
The story in the numbers
39,021 girls have been named Marina in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 1,307 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 655 → 640).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 1990s alone account for 26%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Marina | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 11 | |
| 1890s | 42 | |
| 1900s | 78 | |
| 1910s | 312 | |
| 1920s | 582 | |
| 1930s | 579 | |
| 1940s | 988 | |
| 1950s | 1,906 | |
| 1960s | 3,199 | |
| 1970s | 2,832 | |
| 1980s | 4,165 | |
| 1990s | 10,173 | |
| 2000s | 7,515 | |
| 2010s | 4,402 | |
| 2020s | 2,237 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Marina was the 218th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1994 were Jessica, Ashley, Emily, Samantha and Sarah. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Marina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rebecapeak 2003
- Anapeak 1991
- Simonepeak 1988
- Marykatepeak 2001
- Kaylenepeak 1993
- Nisapeak 1991
- Deniapeak 2000
- Clarissapeak 1995
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.