Marina
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Marina
This pretty sea-born name was used to dramatic effect by Shakespeare in his play Pericles for the virtuous princess who says she is "Call'd Marina, for I was born at sea."
Marina was an epithet of Venus, and there was more than one saint of that name. It was used in Britain from as early as the fourteenth century.
Although it reached as high as Number 219 in 1994, Marina never had the trendy feel of cousins Melissa and Marissa. It's now very popular in Spain.
A prominent current bearer is Marina Abramovic, widely publicized New York-based Serbian performance artist. And actor Matt LeBlanc chose the name for his daughter, Marina Pearl.
Marina is also given to boys.
Pronounced muh-REE-nuh.
As of October 2026, Marina ranked #602 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #218 in 1994, Nameberry popularity #283.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #655 | 436 | 244.1 |
| 2015 | #658 | 437 | 244.8 |
| 2016 | #681 | 432 | 243.8 |
| 2017 | #716 | 402 | 232.8 |
| 2018 | #683 | 429 | 252.2 |
| 2019 | #690 | 421 | 250.8 |
| 2020 | #704 | 399 | 246.8 |
| 2021 | #717 | 399 | 243.2 |
| 2022 | #643 | 458 | 279.2 |
| 2023 | #572 | 520 | 324.1 |
| 2024 | #640 | 461 | 284.5 |
| 2025 | #602 | 488 | 303.6 |
World rankings
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Marina on lists
Famous Marinas
- MarinaGirl
Princess of Greece & Denmark, Duchess of Kent, wife of Britain's Prince George
- Marina Petrovna GolitsynaGirl
Princess of Russia; great,granddaughter of Tsar Nicholas I
- Marina AbramovićGirl
Serbian,American performance artist
- Marina Teresa SquerciatiGirl
American Actress
- Marina Lambrini DiamandisGirl
Welsh singer of Marina and the Diamonds
- Marina Vyacheslavovna AnissinaGirl
French,Russian Olympic ice dancer
- Marina ErakovicGirl
New Zealand tennis player
- Marina GinestaGirl
Catalan Communist militant during the Spanish Civil War
- Marina Ann HantzisGirl
birth name of American actress Sasha Grey
- Marina InoueGirl
Japanese voice actress
- Marina Evelyn KeeganGirl
American essayist
- Marina SirtisGirl
British,American actress
- Marina Ivanovna TsvetaevaGirl
Russian poet
- Marina TucakovicGirl
Serbian songwriter
- Marina ViskovicGirl
Serbian singer
- Marina ZivkovicGirl
Serbian singer
- Marina NeryGirl
Brazilian model
- Marina Torlonia dei Principi di CivitellaGirl
Cesi, Italian,American grandmother of actress Brooke Shields
- Marina Louise BukowskiGirl
only child of novelist Charles Bukowski
- Marina Victoria Alexandra OgilvyGirl
daughter of Britain's Princess Alexandra, the Hon. Lady Ogilvy; great,granddaughter of King George V
- Marina Charlotte Alexandra Katharine Helen WindsorGirl
b. 1992, daughter of George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews
- Marina Pearl LeBlancGirl
b. 2004, daughter of actor Matt LeBlanc
- Marina Corwin (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of biologist and TV personality Jeff Corwin
- Marina Irodova (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of singer Yegor Irodov
- Marina MalpicaGirl
Mexican rhythmic gymnast
Marina in pop culture
- MarinaGirl
character in "Exodus" by Leon Uris
- MarinaGirl
character in Shakespeare's "Pericles, Prince of Tyre" ("Call'd Marina/For I was born at sea.")
- Marina ConwayGirl
character in movie "Blowing Wind"
- Marina FerrerGirl
character on TV's "The L Word"
- Marina LemkeGirl
character in movie "The Butcher's Wife"
- Marina RuddGirl
character in movie "The Mirror Crack'd"
- Marina MorrisonGirl
character in Ena Lamont Stewart's play "Men Should Weep"
- Marina ThwaiteGirl
character in The Emperor's Children by Claire Messud
- Marina DatilloGirl
character on TV's "Arthur"
- Marina AndrieskiGirl
character on TV's "The Magicians"
- "MarinaGirl
" song by Dorival Caymmi
- MarinaGirl
a character from the video game Splatoon 2
- MarinaGirl
a specially designed harbor with moorings for pleasure craft and small boats.
- "Marina del Rey"Girl
song by George Strait
- Marina AnchorsGirl
character from “Lalaloopsy”