Marlin has been given to about 22,834 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1935, which makes it a interwar name.
Its best year was 1935, when 400 babies were given the name, ranking 276th. The typical living American called Marlin is about 60 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wisconsin, where it accounts for 0.02% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.