How Many People Are Named Marlin?
people named Marlin are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 26,645 people in the US has this name
Based on 22,834 babies named Marlin in Social Security records from 1884 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
400 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a variant of MERLIN.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Marlin, 11.2% were girls and 88.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Marlin rose from 0% in the 1900s to 13.4% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 2000s, at 27.7%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Marlin alive today is about 49 years old, and 40% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 29 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Marlin first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1935, to 400 babies. In 2025, 104 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Marlin has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #276, in 1935. In 2025 it ranked #1,788.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,788 |
| Best rank | #276 (1935) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #294 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Marlin alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Marlin were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 1,529 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Marlin was given 4.3 times as often in South Dakota, 3.7 times in North Dakota and 3.6 times in Pennsylvania.
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