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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1915

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 101 recorded years as a table

Marlin, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1915	6
1919	4
1924	4
1926	7
1927	6
1928	10
1931	8
1932	11
1933	10
1934	5
1935	13
1936	11
1937	15
1938	11
1939	9
1940	11
1941	15
1942	13
1943	9
1944	8
1945	5
1946	7
1947	9
1948	8
1949	6
1950	5
1951	8
1952	4
1953	3
1954	7
1955	5
1956	5
1957	7
1958	6
1959	4
1960	7
1961	5
1962	10
1963	7
1964	5
1965	8
1966	8
1967	4
1968	14
1969	7
1970	6
1971	8
1972	8
1973	7
1974	8
1975	5
1976	7
1977	5
1978	8
1979	6
1980	5
1981	10
1982	9
1983	10
1984	7
1985	6
1986	10
1987	12
1988	11
1989	15
1990	14
1991	22
1992	14
1993	13
1994	16
1995	12
1996	13
1997	16
1998	18
1999	13
2000	15
2001	20
2002	21
2003	16
2004	21
2005	17
2006	21
2007	18
2008	22
2009	13
2010	15
2011	18
2012	18
2013	14
2014	6
2015	10
2016	9
2017	9
2018	5
2019	8
2020	6
2021	7
2022	7
2023	11
2024	6
2025	9

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Marlin isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 14
Rank in 2025: #7,491
How rare: 1 in 114,804 girls
Since 1915: 1,662

Most popular in 1991, at 22 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 9% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.