Meaning and history
Marlin is an English given name with several possible sources. It may be transferred from the surname Marlin, influenced by the fish name, or used as a variant of Marlon or Merlin. The fish was named for its spear-like snout, resembling a marlinspike, but that is not necessarily the origin intended by personal-name bearers. Notable bearers include American zoologist and television host Marlin Perkins and White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater.
20062006: 96 births, rank #1,543
2007: 94 births, rank #1,638
2008: 78 births, rank #1,861
2009: 67 births, rank #2,050
2010: 69 births, rank #1,986
20112011: 81 births, rank #1,780
2012: 86 births, rank #1,742
2013: 71 births, rank #1,942
2014: 81 births, rank #1,828
2015: 82 births, rank #1,815
20162016: 70 births, rank #2,028
2017: 79 births, rank #1,861
2018: 86 births, rank #1,777
2019: 74 births, rank #1,974
2020: 68 births, rank #2,069
20212021: 73 births, rank #2,026
2022: 78 births, rank #1,965
2023: 85 births, rank #1,868
2024: 83 births, rank #1,902
20252025: 90 births, rank #1,778
Marlin moved from #949 to #968 for boys between 1989 and 1990. Its highest annual birth count came in 1935, with 386 births.