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Marbin

MAR-bin /mɑrˈbɪn/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2014 (#10,717)
Babies in 2014
6 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#4,520 in 2006
First recorded
1985

Meaning of Marbin

Marbin emerges as a masculine given name of modern coinage, its etymological roots speculative yet reflective of Latin morphology and neoclassical invention. The initial element Mar- suggests the Latin mare, “sea,” or recalls the gravitas of Marcus, while the clipped suffix -bin subtly invokes benignus, “kind,” together evoking linguistic currents that converge like ripples on a hidden mosaic. Despite its lack of deep historical pedigree, Social Security Administration records trace Marbin’s sporadic presence in the United States since the mid-1980s—annual tallies oscillate between five and nine occurrences, with a modest peak of twenty in 2006—consistently situating it beyond the top 750 male names and underscoring its discrete resonance among parents seeking a distinctive appellation. Pronounced MAR-bin (/mɑrˈbɪn/), the name’s balanced two-syllable cadence offers analytical precision alongside a subtle nod to Latin heritage.

How to pronounce Marbin

English

Popularity of Marbin in the U.S.

Marbin was last recorded in the U.S. in 2014, ranked #10,717 with 6 babies. It peaked at #4,520 in 2006. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Bar and line chart: Marbin in the U.S., 1985–2014. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 20 in 2006 and 6 in 2014. Line: rank among boy names, peak #4,520 in 2006, #10,717 in 2014.
  • Boys named Marbin (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1985–2014. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1985⁠–⁠2014 20 rows
Marbin: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2014610,717back (not recorded in 2012–2013)
201198,079▲ 60
201098,139▲ 4,352
2009512,491▼ 2,620
200879,871▼ 956
200788,915▼ 4,395
2006204,520back (not recorded in 2004–2005)
200387,831▼ 188
200287,643▲ 696
200178,339▲ 2,010
2000510,349back (not recorded in 1999)
199859,631back (not recorded in 1996–1997)
199576,992▼ 1,540
1994105,452back (not recorded in 1993)
1992105,236▲ 706
199185,942▲ 1,236
199067,178▲ 727
198957,905back (not recorded in 1987–1988)
198656,721▼ 198
198556,523new