Meaning not yet researched.
Marcus: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,341 in 2025. Its best rank was #57 in 1984.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #57 in 1984; #258 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Marcus in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#258 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1984, at #57.
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Marcus: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,341 boys in 2025. Peak: #57 in 1984 · most boys in one year: 5,996 (1984).
In 2025, 1,341 US boys were named Marcus, making it the 258th most common boys’ name of the year, down 2 places from #256 in 2024. That is 41 fewer than the 1,382 boys named Marcus in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #57, reached in 1984. That year also had the most boys given the name: 5,996. For comparison, it was #168 in 2015 and #283 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Marcus in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 47 babies with the name. In all, 242,999 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 52,324 babies named Marcus.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,722 US boys were named Marcus; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,183. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,274 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Marcus ranked highest in Massachusetts in 2025, at #176 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Mark (1,366,672 babies since 1880), Marc (141,137 babies since 1880), Marco (76,917 babies since 1880) and Marcos (53,742 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Markos, Marqus and Markis are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Marc and Mark.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, German and Latin. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Markos (1,040), Marqus (960), Markis (911), Marx (335), Marcas (239), Markcus (192), Markes (153), Markas (151), Marcquis (134), Marcques (80), Marckus (71), Marcuz (24), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 10 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 39 | #176 | #147 |
| Oregon | 24 | #178 | #99 |
| Washington | 49 | #178 | #140 |
| New Hampshire | 8 | #180 | #151 |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | #192 | #161 |
| Utah | 28 | #196 | #167 |
| Mississippi | 16 | #197 | #132 |
| Nevada | 15 | #211 | #164 |
| Missouri | 34 | #212 | #186 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #216 | #193 |
| California | 170 | #218 | #181 |
| Arizona | 37 | #223 | #161 |
| Wisconsin | 25 | #242 | #145 |
| Michigan | 42 | #243 | #134 |
| Maryland | 23 | #249 | #139 |
| Florida | 82 | #253 | #143 |
| New York | 71 | #269 | #168 |
| Indiana | 30 | #275 | #182 |
| Texas | 140 | #280 | #185 |
| Ohio | 42 | #293 | #164 |
| Tennessee | 30 | #295 | #184 |
| Arkansas | 12 | #297 | #244 |
| Georgia | 42 | #300 | #178 |
| Louisiana | 17 | #304 | #136 |
| Illinois | 36 | #304 | #192 |
| New Jersey | 28 | #309 | #151 |
| Idaho | 8 | #319 | #104 |
| West Virginia | 6 | #320 | #145 |
| Nebraska | 8 | #322 | #261 |
| Kentucky | 16 | #328 | #219 |
| Alabama | 17 | #331 | #183 |
| Colorado | 19 | #339 | #148 |
| Kansas | 11 | #342 | #233 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #345 | #117 |
| Minnesota | 17 | #350 | #175 |
| South Carolina | 15 | #364 | #140 |
| North Carolina | 31 | #368 | #191 |
| Virginia | 22 | #376 | #182 |
| Iowa | 9 | #389 | #176 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #414 | #271 |
| Connecticut | 6 | #474 | #167 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,341 | #258 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,382 | #256 |
| 2023 | — | — | 1,400 | #250 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,845 | 1,479 | #235 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,616 | #228 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,661 | #226 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,722 | #218 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,901 | #209 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,500 | 2,037 | #194 |
| 2016 | 5 | #17,895 | 2,183 | #183 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,481 | #168 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,620 | #157 |
| 2013 | — | — | 2,536 | #159 |
| 2012 | 5 | #18,580 | 2,718 | #149 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,814 | #145 |
| 2010 | 5 | #18,824 | 3,131 | #130 |
| 2009 | — | — | 3,409 | #123 |
| 2008 | 5 | #19,413 | 3,392 | #125 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,442 | 3,670 | #117 |
| 2006 | — | — | 3,813 | #112 |
| 2005 | — | — | 3,477 | #116 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,685 | 3,480 | #116 |
| 2003 | 7 | #13,317 | 3,395 | #119 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,138 | 3,544 | #106 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,676 | 3,696 | #104 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,425 | 3,797 | #99 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,724 | 3,867 | #98 |
| 1998 | 6 | #13,490 | 4,015 | #96 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,513 | 4,183 | #93 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,915 | 4,546 | #87 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,891 | 4,647 | #81 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,527 | 5,258 | #75 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,892 | 5,063 | #74 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,186 | 4,545 | #82 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,230 | 5,069 | #76 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,483 | 5,304 | #72 |
| 1989 | 37 | #2,966 | 5,395 | #67 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,624 | 5,207 | #66 |
| 1987 | 56 | #2,009 | 4,950 | #67 |
| 1986 | 66 | #1,761 | 5,278 | #63 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,751 | 5,586 | #61 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,718 | 5,996 | #57 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,656 | 5,637 | #58 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,623 | 4,988 | #63 |
| 1981 | 40 | #2,430 | 4,510 | #67 |
| 1980 | 45 | #2,233 | 4,260 | #71 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,171 | 4,048 | #76 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,174 | 3,995 | #70 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,325 | 3,846 | #72 |
| 1976 | 33 | #2,465 | 3,681 | #74 |
| 1975 | 43 | #2,040 | 3,969 | #68 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,160 | 3,801 | #73 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,483 | 3,714 | #72 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,338 | 3,685 | #71 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,023 | 4,410 | #65 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,488 | 4,315 | #71 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,269 | 2,212 | #138 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,125 | 1,538 | #174 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,583 | 1,472 | #176 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,862 | 1,266 | #194 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,701 | 1,373 | #184 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,534 | 1,351 | #207 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,940 | 1,322 | #212 |
| 1962 | 5 | #7,175 | 1,372 | #208 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,426 | 1,313 | #214 |
| 1960 | 6 | #6,120 | 1,326 | #210 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,870 | 1,210 | #226 |
| 1958 | 7 | #5,223 | 982 | #251 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,427 | 1,035 | #240 |
| 1956 | 5 | #6,530 | 1,063 | #225 |
| 1955 | — | — | 974 | #228 |
| 1954 | 6 | #5,513 | 897 | #235 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,859 | 725 | #257 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,085 | 676 | #263 |
| 1951 | — | — | 576 | #284 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,578 | 556 | #283 |
| 1949 | — | — | 464 | #315 |
| 1948 | — | — | 406 | #333 |
| 1947 | — | — | 392 | #344 |
| 1946 | — | — | 382 | #332 |
| 1945 | — | — | 280 | #355 |
| 1944 | 5 | #5,004 | 277 | #361 |
| 1943 | — | — | 282 | #366 |
| 1942 | — | — | 268 | #371 |
| 1941 | — | — | 265 | #358 |
| 1940 | — | — | 250 | #363 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,674 | 226 | #377 |
| 1938 | — | — | 224 | #375 |
| 1937 | — | — | 226 | #359 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,613 | 207 | #382 |
| 1935 | — | — | 226 | #361 |
| 1934 | — | — | 226 | #361 |
| 1933 | — | — | 239 | #349 |
| 1932 | — | — | 222 | #377 |
| 1931 | — | — | 225 | #374 |
| 1930 | — | — | 277 | #334 |
| 1929 | — | — | 248 | #360 |
| 1928 | — | — | 256 | #364 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,119 | 279 | #350 |
| 1926 | — | — | 310 | #325 |
| 1925 | — | — | 312 | #325 |
| 1924 | — | — | 333 | #317 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,753 | 320 | #326 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,287 | 297 | #343 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,855 | 353 | #305 |
| 1920 | — | — | 321 | #326 |
| 1919 | — | — | 287 | #333 |
| 1918 | — | — | 273 | #349 |
| 1917 | 5 | #5,029 | 283 | #322 |
| 1916 | — | — | 278 | #312 |
| 1915 | — | — | 307 | #283 |
| 1914 | — | — | 192 | #332 |
| 1913 | — | — | 172 | #304 |
| 1912 | — | — | 132 | #328 |
| 1911 | — | — | 64 | #341 |
| 1910 | — | — | 63 | #314 |
| 1909 | — | — | 49 | #330 |
| 1908 | — | — | 51 | #309 |
| 1907 | — | — | 46 | #316 |
| 1906 | — | — | 61 | #253 |
| 1905 | — | — | 53 | #272 |
| 1904 | — | — | 42 | #305 |
| 1903 | — | — | 44 | #285 |
| 1902 | — | — | 44 | #286 |
| 1901 | — | — | 44 | #262 |
| 1900 | — | — | 48 | #303 |
| 1899 | — | — | 46 | #249 |
| 1898 | — | — | 44 | #271 |
| 1897 | — | — | 38 | #297 |
| 1896 | — | — | 39 | #299 |
| 1895 | — | — | 36 | #302 |
| 1894 | — | — | 46 | #259 |
| 1893 | — | — | 51 | #245 |
| 1892 | — | — | 44 | #272 |
| 1891 | — | — | 28 | #321 |
| 1890 | — | — | 33 | #301 |
| 1889 | — | — | 38 | #272 |
| 1888 | — | — | 47 | #258 |
| 1887 | — | — | 23 | #349 |
| 1886 | — | — | 39 | #273 |
| 1885 | — | — | 44 | #250 |
| 1884 | — | — | 57 | #220 |
| 1883 | — | — | 38 | #271 |
| 1882 | — | — | 46 | #253 |
| 1881 | — | — | 45 | #227 |
| 1880 | — | — | 47 | #242 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).