Meaning not yet researched.
Mark: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,416 in 2025. Its best rank was #6 in 1964.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #6 in 1964; #245 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Mark in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#245 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1964, at #6.
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Mark: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,416 boys in 2025. Peak: #6 in 1964 · most boys in one year: 58,727 (1960).
In 2025, 1,416 US boys were named Mark, making it the 245th most common boys’ name of the year, down 1 place from #244 in 2024. That is 31 fewer than the 1,447 boys named Mark in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #6, reached in 1964. The most boys given the name in a single year was 58,727, in 1960. For comparison, it was #196 in 2015 and #23 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Mark in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 85 babies with the name. In all, 1,366,672 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 442,737 babies named Mark.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 16,231 US boys were named Mark; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,066. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,206 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Mark ranked highest in Alaska in 2025, at #133 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Marcus (242,999 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 Marck, Marce and March are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Marck (644), Marce (280), March (258), Marke (164), Marks (93), Marq (93), Mmark (10), Marrk (5), Markk (5).
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.
No nicknames listed for Mark in the open dataset we use.
Mark is listed as a nickname for Marcus.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 11 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | 7 | #133 | #83 |
| Illinois | 83 | #144 | #201 |
| North Dakota | 8 | #166 | — |
| Louisiana | 31 | #169 | #325 |
| Washington | 50 | #174 | #153 |
| New York | 108 | #184 | #141 |
| New Jersey | 52 | #191 | #122 |
| California | 188 | #196 | #178 |
| Hawaii | 6 | #200 | #191 |
| Massachusetts | 31 | #204 | #168 |
| Pennsylvania | 60 | #211 | #140 |
| Ohio | 61 | #216 | #185 |
| Florida | 97 | #220 | #141 |
| Indiana | 32 | #262 | #310 |
| Michigan | 39 | #262 | #200 |
| Kansas | 14 | #271 | #261 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #283 | #215 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #283 | #264 |
| Nebraska | 9 | #283 | #240 |
| Texas | 137 | #284 | #201 |
| South Dakota | 5 | #287 | — |
| Maryland | 19 | #296 | #208 |
| Georgia | 41 | #307 | #261 |
| Oklahoma | 16 | #307 | #365 |
| Virginia | 27 | #311 | #214 |
| Connecticut | 10 | #314 | #175 |
| Colorado | 21 | #315 | #251 |
| Kentucky | 17 | #315 | #241 |
| Arizona | 25 | #317 | #216 |
| Utah | 15 | #321 | #243 |
| North Carolina | 35 | #335 | #227 |
| Iowa | 11 | #343 | #370 |
| New Mexico | 6 | #346 | #198 |
| Tennessee | 23 | #366 | #191 |
| Missouri | 17 | #387 | #210 |
| Oregon | 9 | #428 | #164 |
| Arkansas | 8 | #429 | #288 |
| Alabama | 11 | #474 | #307 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #587 | #279 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #603 | #247 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 1,416 | #245 |
| 2024 | — | — | 1,447 | #244 |
| 2023 | 5 | #16,742 | 1,401 | #249 |
| 2022 | — | — | 1,434 | #247 |
| 2021 | — | — | 1,408 | #252 |
| 2020 | — | — | 1,552 | #235 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,685 | #223 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,874 | #210 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,948 | #203 |
| 2016 | — | — | 2,066 | #195 |
| 2015 | — | — | 2,078 | #196 |
| 2014 | 8 | #12,676 | 2,194 | #189 |
| 2013 | 6 | #15,848 | 2,211 | #184 |
| 2012 | — | — | 2,204 | #176 |
| 2011 | — | — | 2,433 | #159 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,254 | 2,415 | #162 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,578 | #153 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,916 | #139 |
| 2007 | 5 | #19,461 | 2,973 | #138 |
| 2006 | 6 | #16,407 | 3,252 | #128 |
| 2005 | 9 | #11,500 | 3,529 | #114 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,663 | 3,770 | #113 |
| 2003 | 5 | #17,403 | 4,033 | #105 |
| 2002 | 11 | #9,243 | 4,222 | #93 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,836 | 4,754 | #84 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,360 | 5,230 | #79 |
| 1999 | 12 | #8,036 | 5,606 | #69 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,382 | 5,893 | #64 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,701 | 6,165 | #58 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,608 | 6,599 | #55 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,626 | 6,888 | #52 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,633 | 7,488 | #48 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,119 | 8,059 | #49 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,971 | 8,745 | #49 |
| 1991 | 26 | #4,003 | 9,684 | #47 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,721 | 10,689 | #47 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,392 | 11,320 | #42 |
| 1988 | 84 | #1,571 | 11,715 | #39 |
| 1987 | 66 | #1,786 | 11,993 | #36 |
| 1986 | 84 | #1,490 | 12,615 | #35 |
| 1985 | 91 | #1,406 | 13,194 | #32 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,546 | 13,214 | #32 |
| 1983 | 96 | #1,280 | 13,815 | #31 |
| 1982 | 97 | #1,306 | 13,865 | #32 |
| 1981 | 87 | #1,413 | 13,542 | #33 |
| 1980 | 79 | #1,511 | 14,169 | #30 |
| 1979 | 89 | #1,386 | 14,386 | #30 |
| 1978 | 91 | #1,326 | 14,851 | #26 |
| 1977 | 82 | #1,373 | 15,418 | #25 |
| 1976 | 77 | #1,387 | 15,508 | #25 |
| 1975 | 89 | #1,261 | 16,742 | #19 |
| 1974 | 111 | #1,065 | 18,905 | #16 |
| 1973 | 95 | #1,156 | 20,367 | #15 |
| 1972 | 80 | #1,283 | 21,490 | #18 |
| 1971 | 115 | #1,052 | 25,132 | #13 |
| 1970 | 138 | #932 | 31,461 | #9 |
| 1969 | 139 | #894 | 33,388 | #8 |
| 1968 | 157 | #807 | 35,401 | #7 |
| 1967 | 144 | #844 | 34,910 | #7 |
| 1966 | 125 | #903 | 34,801 | #7 |
| 1965 | 119 | #935 | 38,244 | #7 |
| 1964 | 119 | #975 | 45,261 | #6 |
| 1963 | 123 | #956 | 49,342 | #6 |
| 1962 | 129 | #936 | 53,520 | #6 |
| 1961 | 159 | #837 | 57,796 | #6 |
| 1960 | 133 | #922 | 58,727 | #6 |
| 1959 | 130 | #918 | 56,945 | #6 |
| 1958 | 113 | #977 | 52,698 | #7 |
| 1957 | 83 | #1,164 | 52,841 | #7 |
| 1956 | 84 | #1,130 | 48,828 | #8 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,358 | 42,255 | #9 |
| 1954 | 50 | #1,431 | 36,198 | #12 |
| 1953 | 37 | #1,636 | 29,341 | #12 |
| 1952 | 39 | #1,546 | 25,678 | #17 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,047 | 21,201 | #20 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,702 | 16,604 | #23 |
| 1949 | 21 | #2,189 | 13,725 | #24 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,663 | 10,267 | #29 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,612 | 7,773 | #47 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,696 | 5,331 | #58 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,579 | 3,545 | #72 |
| 1944 | — | — | 2,742 | #93 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,182 | 2,520 | #101 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,985 | 2,039 | #117 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,822 | 1,624 | #122 |
| 1940 | 6 | #4,171 | 1,165 | #149 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,322 | 867 | #170 |
| 1938 | — | — | 902 | #166 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,687 | 809 | #176 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,992 | 712 | #182 |
| 1935 | 9 | #3,081 | 788 | #175 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,255 | 702 | #185 |
| 1933 | — | — | 693 | #180 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,793 | 716 | #185 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,266 | 664 | #197 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,637 | 591 | #220 |
| 1929 | 10 | #3,065 | 576 | #222 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,578 | 652 | #209 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,649 | 701 | #200 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,444 | 702 | #200 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,164 | 651 | #211 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,476 | 672 | #206 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,051 | 659 | #203 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,709 | 667 | #199 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,085 | 626 | #212 |
| 1920 | 13 | #2,681 | 589 | #219 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,596 | 587 | #212 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,419 | 627 | #205 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,162 | 528 | #214 |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,898 | 571 | #199 |
| 1915 | 15 | #2,104 | 529 | #205 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,787 | 386 | #210 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,268 | 349 | #194 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,848 | 284 | #201 |
| 1911 | — | — | 142 | #207 |
| 1910 | 7 | #2,056 | 131 | #200 |
| 1909 | — | — | 101 | #214 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,783 | 67 | #259 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,747 | 97 | #200 |
| 1906 | 5 | #2,125 | 85 | #210 |
| 1905 | — | — | 94 | #189 |
| 1904 | — | — | 113 | #165 |
| 1903 | — | — | 81 | #196 |
| 1902 | — | — | 104 | #169 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,852 | 92 | #164 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,858 | 137 | #153 |
| 1899 | — | — | 89 | #166 |
| 1898 | — | — | 108 | #159 |
| 1897 | — | — | 104 | #149 |
| 1896 | — | — | 119 | #140 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,741 | 102 | #154 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,628 | 84 | #181 |
| 1893 | — | — | 92 | #159 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,584 | 86 | #182 |
| 1891 | — | — | 86 | #154 |
| 1890 | — | — | 83 | #169 |
| 1889 | — | — | 101 | #146 |
| 1888 | — | — | 115 | #135 |
| 1887 | — | — | 76 | #167 |
| 1886 | — | — | 106 | #129 |
| 1885 | — | — | 74 | #178 |
| 1884 | — | — | 96 | #144 |
| 1883 | — | — | 91 | #142 |
| 1882 | — | — | 90 | #154 |
| 1881 | — | — | 94 | #129 |
| 1880 | — | — | 85 | #160 |
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).