girl's name

Mairin

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 857

Ireland

#577

1998 births

Mairin is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2007, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1977.

Mairin over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Mairin by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 13
1980s 94
1990s 107
2000s 255
2010s 197
2020s (to 2025) 87

How popular is Mairin?

In 2025, Mairin was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Mairin is used

Ireland #577 3 in 1998
Scotland #907 3 in 2009
Canada #3,070 6 in 2011
England & Wales #4,859 3 in 2001
United States #9,201 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Mairin

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Mairin also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Mairin over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Mairin

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Mairin — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Mairin

How popular is the name Mairin?

In 2025, Mairin was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Mairin a girl's or a boy's name?

Mairin is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Mairin most popular?

Mairin peaked in 2007, when 43 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Mairin a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Mairin currently ranks #9,201 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.