Marlina
Marlina is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197841 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1947
- 1,165people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,165 girls have been named Marlina in the United States since 1947, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 41 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 41 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 21%.
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Marlina was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Marlina
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Adriannpeak 1978
- Marlenapeak 1978
- Jaymiepeak 1991
- Nidiapeak 1992
- Carapeak 1985
- Alisonpeak 1980
- Susanapeak 1993
- Eliciapeak 1983
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.