girls:
5.9k births since 1943
#2166 (62nd percentile)
boys:
970 births since 1913
#3622 (21st percentile)
overall:
6.9k births since 1913
#3252 (58th percentile)
The name Marin is the #3,252 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,867 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 58.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 58.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,166 (62.1% percentile) for all time with 5,897 births since 1943. For boys, it ranks #3,622 (21.0% percentile) for all time with 970 births since 1913.
Marin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1943 for girls). Birth data for Marin is available in 91 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (89 years for boys and 69 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Marin has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 86.8% of babies named Marin were girls. Interestingly, until around 1967, the name was more popular for boys (74.1% boys from 1913 to 1966), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.6% girls from 1967 to 2023).
For girls, Marin reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 31.6% percentile (ranked #675) with 153 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 153 births per million (ranked 31.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Marin ranks #847 for girls (10.6% percentile) with 60 births per million, which is 39.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Marin reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #760) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1913, with 11 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Marin ranks #900 for boys (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 78.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Marin".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Marin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.8% confident that Marin is pronounced as MEH-rihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MAH-rihn, at 15.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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