Marlin*
#772 most common boys' name of all time · #1,737 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1884–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#772
Rank overall
#1,737 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
22,834
Since 2016
914
Peak year
1935 #276
Best rank
#276 1935
Girls
Boys
peak 400/yr
Marlin first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | 90 | 104 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 10 | 83 | 93 | #1,906 |
| 2023 | 18 | 85 | 103 | #1,868 |
| 2022 | 12 | 78 | 90 | #1,969 |
| 2021 | 11 | 73 | 84 | #2,028 |
| 2020 | 9 | 68 | 77 | #2,073 |
| 2019 | 13 | 74 | 87 | #1,981 |
| 2018 | 9 | 86 | 95 | #1,781 |
| 2017 | 16 | 79 | 95 | #1,864 |
| 2016 | 16 | 70 | 86 | #2,031 |
| 2015 | 17 | 82 | 99 | #1,816 |
| 2014 | 11 | 81 | 92 | #1,832 |
| 2013 | 24 | 71 | 95 | #1,945 |
| 2012 | 32 | 86 | 118 | #1,742 |
| 2011 | 31 | 81 | 112 | #1,785 |
| 2010 | 26 | 69 | 95 | #1,987 |
| 2009 | 23 | 67 | 90 | #2,054 |
| 2008 | 41 | 78 | 119 | #1,863 |
| 2007 | 34 | 94 | 128 | #1,641 |
| 2006 | 40 | 96 | 136 | #1,546 |
| 2005 | 31 | 100 | 131 | #1,462 |
| 2004 | 38 | 85 | 123 | #1,557 |
| 2003 | 29 | 93 | 122 | #1,420 |
| 2002 | 37 | 80 | 117 | #1,545 |
| 2001 | 36 | 97 | 133 | #1,338 |
| 2000 | 27 | 88 | 115 | #1,410 |
| 1999 | 23 | 95 | 118 | #1,287 |
| 1998 | 32 | 98 | 130 | #1,239 |
| 1997 | 27 | 116 | 143 | #1,089 |
| 1996 | 23 | 101 | 124 | #1,164 |
| 1995 | 21 | 114 | 135 | #1,045 |
| 1994 | 29 | 112 | 141 | #1,055 |
| 1993 | 24 | 119 | 143 | #1,000 |
| 1992 | 26 | 108 | 134 | #1,057 |
| 1991 | 42 | 114 | 156 | #1,008 |
| 1990 | 27 | 117 | 144 | #966 |
| 1989 | 28 | 116 | 144 | #949 |
| 1988 | 20 | 125 | 145 | #851 |
| 1987 | 20 | 100 | 120 | #943 |
| 1986 | 18 | 86 | 104 | #996 |
| 1985 | 11 | 106 | 117 | #882 |
| 1984 | 12 | 108 | 120 | #845 |
| 1983 | 17 | 124 | 141 | #784 |
| 1982 | 15 | 120 | 135 | #807 |
| 1981 | 17 | 121 | 138 | #796 |
| 1980 | 8 | 119 | 127 | #806 |
| 1979 | 9 | 127 | 136 | #769 |
| 1978 | 12 | 141 | 153 | #708 |
| 1977 | 7 | 155 | 162 | #680 |
| 1976 | 10 | 166 | 176 | #637 |
| 1975 | 7 | 156 | 163 | #662 |
| 1974 | 12 | 226 | 238 | #530 |
| 1973 | 10 | 198 | 208 | #565 |
| 1972 | 12 | 238 | 250 | #509 |
| 1971 | 13 | 249 | 262 | #517 |
| 1970 | 11 | 182 | 193 | #604 |
| 1969 | 12 | 161 | 173 | #618 |
| 1968 | 23 | 180 | 203 | #568 |
| 1967 | 7 | 173 | 180 | #573 |
| 1966 | 13 | 221 | 234 | #509 |
| 1965 | 15 | 219 | 234 | #519 |
| 1964 | 9 | 226 | 235 | #520 |
| 1963 | 14 | 212 | 226 | #546 |
| 1962 | 19 | 223 | 242 | #534 |
| 1961 | 10 | 246 | 256 | #508 |
| 1960 | 14 | 231 | 245 | #524 |
| 1959 | 9 | 240 | 249 | #508 |
| 1958 | 13 | 289 | 302 | #461 |
| 1957 | 15 | 277 | 292 | #464 |
| 1956 | 11 | 288 | 299 | #445 |
| 1955 | 10 | 293 | 303 | #428 |
| 1954 | 13 | 337 | 350 | #391 |
| 1953 | 5 | 295 | 300 | #405 |
| 1952 | 8 | 306 | 314 | #394 |
| 1951 | 15 | 268 | 283 | #417 |
| 1950 | 8 | 289 | 297 | #400 |
| 1949 | 11 | 283 | 294 | #401 |
| 1948 | 14 | 297 | 311 | #393 |
| 1947 | 16 | 316 | 332 | #385 |
| 1946 | 11 | 325 | 336 | #363 |
| 1945 | 7 | 280 | 287 | #356 |
| 1944 | 11 | 219 | 230 | #408 |
| 1943 | 12 | 331 | 343 | #337 |
| 1942 | 17 | 302 | 319 | #348 |
| 1941 | 18 | 345 | 363 | #312 |
| 1940 | 13 | 315 | 328 | #318 |
| 1939 | 10 | 369 | 379 | #288 |
| 1938 | 12 | 343 | 355 | #295 |
| 1937 | 16 | 346 | 362 | #290 |
| 1936 | 11 | 337 | 348 | #294 |
| 1935 | 14 | 386 | 400 | #276 |
| 1934 | 5 | 324 | 329 | #301 |
| 1933 | 10 | 340 | 350 | #287 |
| 1932 | 12 | 350 | 362 | #294 |
| 1931 | 9 | 302 | 311 | #311 |
| 1930 | — | 312 | 312 | #314 |
| 1929 | — | 265 | 265 | #345 |
| 1928 | 11 | 280 | 291 | #339 |
| 1927 | 7 | 251 | 258 | #369 |
| 1926 | 8 | 237 | 245 | #381 |
| 1925 | — | 241 | 241 | #387 |
| 1924 | 5 | 237 | 242 | #394 |
| 1923 | — | 196 | 196 | #434 |
| 1922 | — | 219 | 219 | #408 |
| 1921 | — | 210 | 210 | #419 |
| 1920 | — | 172 | 172 | #465 |
| 1919 | 5 | 183 | 188 | #438 |
| 1918 | — | 182 | 182 | #442 |
| 1917 | — | 164 | 164 | #442 |
| 1916 | — | 155 | 155 | #451 |
| 1915 | 6 | 128 | 134 | #491 |
| 1914 | — | 97 | 97 | #498 |
| 1913 | — | 79 | 79 | #490 |
| 1912 | — | 74 | 74 | #461 |
| 1911 | — | 35 | 35 | #504 |
| 1910 | — | 14 | 14 | #849 |
| 1909 | — | 15 | 15 | #746 |
| 1908 | — | 19 | 19 | #612 |
| 1907 | — | 9 | 9 | #977 |
| 1906 | — | 12 | 12 | #747 |
| 1905 | — | 9 | 9 | #901 |
| 1904 | — | 16 | 16 | #586 |
| 1903 | — | 7 | 7 | #985 |
| 1902 | — | 15 | 15 | #579 |
| 1901 | — | 11 | 11 | #678 |
| 1900 | — | 11 | 11 | #825 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,021 |
| 1898 | — | 8 | 8 | #872 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #925 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #761 |
| 1891 | — | 6 | 6 | #936 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #958 |