Mark
Latin Marcus, a Roman given name probably formed from the god Mars.
Popularity, 1880–2025
The evangelist; a midcentury standard at its height in the late 1950s.
Mark appears in the national records from the very first year, 1880. It has ranked among the top 100 names for American boys in every year from 1944 to 2002. It spent 16 years inside the top 10. Its biggest year was 1960, when 58,727 newborn boys received the name, ranking it No. 6 nationally. In 2025 it ranked No. 244 for boys. All told, 1,366,672 Americans have been given the name since 1880.
Related names
Other spellings on record: Marc (141,137), Marek (3,141), Marck (644) (total births since 1880)
Other names that share a story: Marcus
Explore Mark interactively →By the decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 928 | No. 127 |
| 1890s | 953 | No. 139 |
| 1900s | 971 | No. 151 |
| 1910s | 4,134 | No. 192 |
| 1920s | 6,495 | No. 199 |
| 1930s | 7,444 | No. 166 |
| 1940s | 50,731 | No. 24 |
| 1950s | 382,589 | No. 6 |
| 1960s | 441,390 | No. 6 |
| 1970s | 194,260 | No. 9 |
| 1980s | 129,442 | No. 30 |
| 1990s | 75,816 | No. 47 |
| 2000s | 37,257 | No. 79 |
| 2010s | 21,108 | No. 159 |
| 2020s | 8,658 | No. 235 |
Births and rank shown for boys, the sex more often given the name. The Social Security Administration omits name–year combinations with fewer than five births.
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Data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby-name file, 1880–2025.