first name
MARINA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 72,807 people named Marina, 45.7% reported their origin as White, 45.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Marina peaked in 1994, when 1,307 babies got the name.
At least 39,565 babies have been given the name since 1886. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Marina by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #556. The largest share of babies named Marina, 29.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Marina is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Marina has been most common in California (2.9×), Arizona (2.4×), and New Mexico (2.3×), and least common in Louisiana (0.12×).
34,588 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Marina
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Marina, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Marina ranks #25,404 of 156,621, with 1,020 people. See Marina as a last name
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