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How popular is the name Merina?
Births per year, rank history and how many Merinas are alive today.
Merina (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Marina in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 6 babies were given the name, the 3447th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Marina you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Marinas born in England and Wales are between 55 and 81, and there are at least 33,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 10% chance that at least one of them will be called Marina.
How many babies are named Merina each year?
Includes all spellings: Merina, Marina. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Merina spelling rank?
Where does the Marina spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Merina most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Marina, peaked in 1934, when around 1,100 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Merina spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Merina?
At least 33,000 people named Merina in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Merina?
Most living Merinas are between 55 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is Merina becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.