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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Marlina

Marlina was the 11555th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 2262nd with 41 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Marlina in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#11,555 girls, up 204 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
8girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197841 babies
Total since 1880
1,173babies recorded

Marlina popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#11,5558
2020#11,7598
2010#9,59912
2000#8,94411
1990#4,46222
1980#2,57437
1970#4,16314
1960#6,1336
1950——
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1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Marlina, counting every spelling?

Marlina has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Marlina?

8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Marlina (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Marlina born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Marlina.

Chance of another Marlina in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Marlina?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Marlina are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 24 and 48. That makes Marlina mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Marlina by state

How common Marlina was among girls born in each state in 1976–1980, around its peak. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Marlina, girls, 1976–1980. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Marlina: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Marlina, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Marlina

How popular is the name Marlina?

Marlina was the 11555th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 2262nd with 41 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 27 places. More babies were named Marlina in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Marlina a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Marlina in the US.

Where was Marlina most popular?

In 1976–1980, Marlina was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.