Marlin
#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #1,778 for boys in 2025, 90 births
Given to boys 92.7% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1935 · 386 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 21,172since 1884
Marlin over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #1,778 | 90 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,902 | 83 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #1,868 | 85 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #1,965 | 78 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #2,026 | 73 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #2,069 | 68 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 | #1,974 | 74 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | #1,777 | 86 |
| 2017 | #7,092 | 16 | #1,861 | 79 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #2,028 | 70 |
| 2015 | #6,977 | 17 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #1,828 | 81 |
| 2013 | #5,486 | 24 | #1,942 | 71 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 | #1,742 | 86 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | #1,780 | 81 |
| 2010 | #5,247 | 26 | #1,986 | 69 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #2,050 | 67 |
| 2008 | #3,859 | 41 | #1,861 | 78 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 | #1,638 | 94 |
| 2006 | #3,795 | 40 | #1,543 | 96 |
| 2005 | #4,373 | 31 | #1,460 | 100 |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #1,555 | 85 |
| 2003 | #4,418 | 29 | #1,420 | 93 |
| 2002 | #3,595 | 37 | #1,543 | 80 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #1,337 | 97 |
| 2000 | #4,400 | 27 | #1,408 | 88 |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | #1,283 | 95 |
| 1998 | #3,648 | 32 | #1,237 | 98 |
| 1997 | #4,007 | 27 | #1,089 | 116 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 | #1,162 | 101 |
| 1995 | #4,677 | 21 | #1,043 | 114 |
| 1994 | #3,704 | 29 | #1,053 | 112 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | #1,000 | 119 |
| 1992 | #3,968 | 26 | #1,055 | 108 |
| 1991 | #2,790 | 42 | #1,008 | 114 |
| 1990 | #3,813 | 27 | #963 | 117 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #947 | 116 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | #850 | 125 |
| 1987 | #4,122 | 20 | #943 | 100 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #995 | 86 |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | #882 | 106 |
| 1984 | #5,539 | 12 | #843 | 108 |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | #783 | 124 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 | #807 | 120 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #796 | 121 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #804 | 119 |
| 1979 | #6,696 | 9 | #768 | 127 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #707 | 141 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #679 | 155 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #637 | 166 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #659 | 156 |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | #529 | 226 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | #565 | 198 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #508 | 238 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #517 | 249 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | #601 | 182 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #615 | 161 |
| 1968 | #2,630 | 23 | #568 | 180 |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | #571 | 173 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | #509 | 221 |
| 1965 | #3,264 | 15 | #518 | 219 |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | #520 | 226 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #546 | 212 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #534 | 223 |
| 1961 | #4,239 | 10 | #507 | 246 |
| 1960 | #3,357 | 14 | #522 | 231 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #508 | 240 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #461 | 289 |
| 1957 | #3,033 | 15 | #464 | 277 |
| 1956 | #3,696 | 11 | #444 | 288 |
| 1955 | #3,778 | 10 | #428 | 293 |
| 1954 | #3,157 | 13 | #391 | 337 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #404 | 295 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | #393 | 306 |
| 1951 | #2,694 | 15 | #417 | 268 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 | #400 | 289 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 | #400 | 283 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #393 | 297 |
| 1947 | #2,530 | 16 | #385 | 316 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | #363 | 325 |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | #355 | 280 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #407 | 219 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | #337 | 331 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | #348 | 302 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 | #312 | 345 |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | #318 | 315 |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | #287 | 369 |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #295 | 343 |
| 1937 | #1,999 | 16 | #290 | 346 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #294 | 337 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 | #276 | 386 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #301 | 324 |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | #287 | 340 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #293 | 350 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 | #311 | 302 |
| 1930 | — | #314 | 312 | |
| 1929 | — | #344 | 265 | |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 | #337 | 280 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #369 | 251 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #379 | 237 |
| 1925 | — | #384 | 241 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #394 | 237 |
| 1923 | — | #434 | 196 | |
| 1922 | — | #408 | 219 | |
| 1921 | — | #419 | 210 | |
| 1920 | — | #465 | 172 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #435 | 183 |
| 1918 | — | #440 | 182 | |
| 1917 | — | #441 | 164 | |
| 1916 | — | #447 | 155 | |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 | #490 | 128 |
| 1914 | — | #497 | 97 | |
| 1913 | — | #487 | 79 | |
| 1912 | — | #461 | 74 | |
| 1911 | — | #497 | 35 | |
| 1910 | — | #822 | 14 | |
| 1909 | — | #714 | 15 | |
| 1908 | — | #585 | 19 | |
| 1907 | — | #930 | 9 | |
| 1906 | — | #709 | 12 | |
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #566 | 16 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #556 | 15 | |
| 1901 | — | #637 | 11 | |
| 1900 | — | #785 | 11 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
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| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #848 | 6 | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Marlin! It came in at #848, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Marlin is popular in 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Montana#105 · 1 in 508
- Minnesota#120 · 1 in 671
- Pennsylvania#120 · 1 in 1,069
- South Dakota#126 · 1 in 530
- Nebraska#134 · 1 in 689
Best ever in a state: #93 in South Dakota, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #105 | 8 | 1 in 508 |
| Minnesota | #120 | 31 | 1 in 671 |
| Pennsylvania | #120 | 67 | 1 in 1,069 |
| South Dakota | #126 | 10 | 1 in 530 |
| Nebraska | #134 | 15 | 1 in 689 |
| Iowa | #136 | 26 | 1 in 747 |
| North Dakota | #147 | 8 | 1 in 708 |
| Wisconsin | #162 | 15 | 1 in 1,575 |
| Kansas | #168 | 14 | 1 in 962 |
| Indiana | #192 | 13 | 1 in 1,841 |
| Ohio | #225 | 16 | 1 in 2,975 |
| Alabama | #253 | 12 | 1 in 2,237 |
| Michigan | #280 | 10 | 1 in 3,983 |
| Illinois | #338 | 9 | 1 in 5,816 |
| Mississippi | #338 | 6 | 1 in 3,298 |
| Arkansas | #339 | 5 | 1 in 3,379 |
| Missouri | #361 | 5 | 1 in 5,239 |
| Texas | #399 | 17 | 1 in 3,277 |
| Kentucky | #427 | 5 | 1 in 5,061 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Marlin
- 124 spots since 2024 (#1,902 → #1,778)
- 291 spots since 2020 (#2,069 → #1,778)
- 37 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #1,778)
- Biggest jump: 345 spots in 1908 (#930 → #585)
- Biggest drop: 354 spots in 1903 (#556 → #910)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1935 at #276 (386 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 98 yrs · run 1897–1990
- Highest: 1 in 2,698 boys born in 1935 were named Marlin (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 18,979 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.1% of all boys named Marlin (3,409) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | #848 (1884) | #848 |
| 1890s | 36 | #705 (1893) | #826 |
| 1900s | 124 | #556 (1902) | #723 |
| 1910s | 1,111 | #435 (1919) | #502 |
| 1920s | 2,308 | #337 (1928) | #393 |
| 1930s | 3,409 | #276 (1935) | #295 |
| 1940s | 3,013 | #312 (1941) | #362 |
| 1950s | 2,882 | #391 (1954) | #431 |
| 1960s | 2,092 | #507 (1961) | #541 |
| 1970s | 1,838 | #508 (1972) | #617 |
| 1980s | 1,125 | #783 (1983) | #865 |
| 1990s | 1,094 | #963 (1990) | #1,089 |
| 2000s | 878 | #1,337 (2001) | #1,582 |
| 2010s | 779 | #1,742 (2012) | #1,873 |
| 2020s | 477 | #1,778 (2025) | #1,935 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Marlin in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 94,581 of them was named Marlin, which outranked 48.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,386Vona12
- #2,386Wesley12
- #2,386Zelpha12
- #2,521Marlin11
- #2,521Alethea11
- #2,521Alla11
- #2,521Allen11
- #2,689Adah10
- #2,689Adline10
- #2,689Adria10
Tied with 167 names at #2,521; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 3,078 of them was named Marlin, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.